CO2 drawdown following the middle Miocene expansion of the Antarctic Ice Sheet

Paleoceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-53

  Badger, Marcus P S ^a   Lear, Caroline H ^a   Pancost, Richard D ^a   Foster, Gavin L ^a,b   Bailey, Trevor R ^c   Leng, Melanie J ^d,e   Abels, Hemmo A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ice sheets; middle Miocene

Indexed keywords

ALKENONE; BORON ISOTOPE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; ICE SHEET; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84876736018     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/palo.20015     Document Type: Article

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