Links between major climatic factors and regional oceanic circulation in the mid-Cretaceous

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 332, Issue , 1999, Pages 73-89

  Poulsen, Chris J ^a   Barron, Eric J ^a   Johnson, Claudia C ^b   Fawcett, Peter ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HEAT TRANSFER; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS; COMPARISON OF MODELS; MERIDIONAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ALBIAN; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SURFACE PRESSURE; TURONIAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); WESTERN INTERIOR;

EID: 84870869510     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2332-9.73     Document Type: Article

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