Hot summers in the Bighorn Basin during the early Paleogene

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-58

  Snell, Kathryn E ^a,b   Thrasher, Bridget L ^a   Eiler, John M ^b   Koch, Paul L ^a   Sloan, Lisa C ^a   Tabor, Neil J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE DYNAMICS; GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; PALEOGENE; PROXY DATA; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SEASONAL TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; WYOMING;

ISOTOPES;

GREENHOUSES;

CLIMATE MODELING; CONTINENTAL INTERIOR; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGENE; PALEOSOL; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

BIGHORN BASIN; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84872138561     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33567.1     Document Type: Article

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