The evolution of pCO 2, ice volume and climate during the middle Miocene

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 341-344, Issue , 2012, Pages 243-254

  Foster, Gavin L ^a   Lear, Caroline H ^b   Rae, James W B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boron isotopes; Climate change; Middle Miocene; PCO 2

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; BORON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE VARIATION; CYROSPHERE; DEEP OCEAN; GLOBAL CLIMATES; ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET MODELLING; ICE VOLUMES; MIDDLE MIOCENE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PCO 2; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; SAMPLING RESOLUTION;

BORON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES;

ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CRYOSPHERE; HYPSITHERMAL; HYSTERESIS; ICE SHEET; MIOCENE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84864029371     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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