Late Paleozoic ice age: Oceanic gateway or pCO2?

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-154

  Saltzman, Matthew R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrow Canyon; Carbon isotope; Carboniferous; Glaciation; Oceanic gateway

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC GATEWAYS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTH (PLANET); MOISTURE; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; GLACIATION; ICE ALGA; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOZOIC; PANGAEA;

EID: 84879889087     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0151:LPIAOG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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