Coupled CO2-climate response during the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 369, Issue , 2013, Pages 125-135

  Hyland, Ethan G ^a   Sheldon, Nathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Early Eocene Climatic Optimum; Green River Basin; Paleoclimate; Paleosols

Indexed keywords

ALFISOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; EOCENE; FLOODPLAIN; FORAMINIFERA; FOREST SOIL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOSOL; PEDOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEMIARID REGION; VENTILATION; WEATHERING;

GREEN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872015859     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.10.011     Document Type: Article

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