New constraints on using paleosols to reconstruct atmospheric pCO 2

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 1411-1423

  Cotton, Jennifer M ^a   Sheldon, Nathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHANGES; ATMOSPHERIC CO; CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; CENOZOIC; CLIMATIC CHANGES; EARTH'S TEMPERATURE; ISOTOPIC VALUES; KEY VARIABLES; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; MESOZOIC; MODEL RESULTS; PALEOZOIC; PEDOGENIC CARBONATES; PRIMARY SOURCES; RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; REPAIR; SOILS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CENOZOIC; MESOZOIC; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PALEOZOIC; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 84867349995     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30607.1     Document Type: Article

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