Glacial CO 2 cycle as a succession of key physical and biogeochemical processes

Climate of the Past

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 251-264

  Brovkin, V ^a,b   Ganopolski, A ^b   Archer, D ^c   Munhoven, G ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOTTOM WATER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEEP SEA; DEGLACIATION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EQUILIBRIUM; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIATIVE FORCING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84857727303     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-8-251-2012     Document Type: Article

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