New thoughts about the Cretaceous climate and oceans

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 262-272

  Hay, William W ^a   Floegel, Sascha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Cretaceous; Hadley cells; Paleoclimate; Paleotemperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; HADLEY CELL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; POLAR REGION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

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EID: 84869131123     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.09.008     Document Type: Review

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