Global cooling by grassland soils of the geological past and near future

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-86

  Retallack, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedo; Carbon sequestration; Coevolution; Grass; Mammal; Paleoclimate; Paleosol

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CO-EVOLUTION; GRASS; PALEOCLIMATES; PALEOSOL;

BIOLOGY; CARBON; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; MAMMALS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

SOILS;

ALBEDO; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBONIFEROUS; COEVOLUTION; COOLING; DEVONIAN; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASS; GRASSLAND; MAMMAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PERMIAN; VEGETATION HISTORY;

MAMMALIA; POACEAE;

EID: 84878731325     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-050212-124001     Document Type: Article

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