Modeling the Miocene climatic optimum: Ocean circulation

Paleoceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Herold, N ^a   Huber, M ^b   Muller R D ^a   Seton, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BOTTOM WATER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTION; GYRE; HEAT TRANSFER; MIOCENE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA ICE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); LABRADOR SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 84857296403     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010PA002041     Document Type: Article

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