Late Miocene decoupling of oceanic warmth and atmospheric carbon dioxide forcing

Nature

Volumn 486, Issue 7401, 2012, Pages 97-100

  Lariviere, Jonathan P ^a   Ravelo, A Christina ^a,d   Crimmins, Allison ^a,c   Dekens, Petra S ^a,c,e   Ford, Heather L ^a   Lyle, Mitch ^b   Wara, Michael W ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MIOCENE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; THERMOCLINE; WATER VAPOR;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIATION; GREENHOUSE; LATITUDE; MEASUREMENT; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLIOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOCLINE; TROPICS; UPPER MIOCENE; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORAMINIFERA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOT TEMPERATURE; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SEAWATER; WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84861958530     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11200     Document Type: Article

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