The relative roles of CO2 and palaeogeography in determining late Miocene climate: Results from a terrestrial model-data comparison

Climate of the Past

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1257-1285

  Bradshaw, C D ^a   Lunt, D J ^a   Flecker, R ^a   Salzmann, U ^b   Pound, M J ^b,c,d   Haywood, A M ^c   Eronen, J T ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ICE SHEET; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 84879505325     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-8-1257-2012     Document Type: Article

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