Reevaluation of conflicting Eocene tropical temperature estimates: Molluskan oxygen isotope evidence for warm low latitudes

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 983-986

  Kobashi, Takuro ^a   Grossman, Ethan L ^a   Yancey, Thomas E ^a   Dockery III , David T ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eocene; Mollusks; Paleoclimate; Paleotemparatures; Tropical

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

GEOLOGY;

EOCENE; MOLLUSC; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84874988192     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0983:ROCETT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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