Growth of subtropical forests in Miocene Europe: The roles of carbon dioxide and Antarctic ice volume

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 567-570

  Hamon, N ^a,b   Sepulchre, P ^b   Donnadieu, Y ^b   Henrot, A J ^c   Francois L ^c   Jaeger, J J ^a   Ramstein, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; CENTRAL EUROPE; COUPLED ATMOSPHERE OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; DYNAMIC VEGETATION MODEL; ICE SHEET; ICE VOLUMES; MIDDLE MIOCENE; MIOCENE; OCEANIC CIRCULATIONS; SUBTROPICAL FORESTS; TECTONIC CHANGES; TROPICAL FOREST;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; TECTONICS;

ICE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ICE SHEET; MIOCENE; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EUROPE; FORESTRY; ICE;

ANTARCTICA; EUROPE;

EID: 84864301353     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32990.1     Document Type: Article

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