Paleoproductivity during the middle Miocene carbon isotope events: A data-model approach

Paleoceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 334-346

  Diester Haass, Liselotte ^a   Billups, Katharina ^b   Jacquemin, Ingrid ^c   Emeis, Kay C ^d   Lefebvre, Vincent ^e   François, Louis ^c  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Mid MIocene paleoproductivity

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ALBEDO; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COOLING; DATA SET; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LOWSTAND; MIOCENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WEATHERING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84879476216     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/palo.20033     Document Type: Article

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