Changes in the hydrological cycle in tropical East Africa during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 329-330, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-21

  Handley, Luke ^a   O'Halloran, Aoife ^b   Pearson, Paul N ^c   Hawkins, Elizabeth ^a   Nicholas, Christopher J ^b   Schouten, Stefan ^d   McMillan, Ian K ^c   Pancost, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aridity; Biomarkers; Hydrogen isotopes; Kaolinite; Precipitation; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; BIOLOGICAL WEATHERING; BIOMARKER; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMIDITY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYPSITHERMAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KAOLINITE; MICROFOSSIL; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EAST AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84859270703     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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