Mid-pliocene Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation not unlike modern

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1495-1504

  Zhang, Z S ^a,b,c   Nisancioglu, K H ^a,b,d   Chandler, M A ^e   Haywood, A M ^f   Otto Bliesner, B L ^g   Ramstein, G ^h   Stepanek, C ⁱ   Abe Ouchi, A ^j,k   Chan, W L ^j   Bragg, F J ^l   Contoux, C ^i,m   Dolan, A M ^f   Hill, D J ^f,n   Jost, A ^m   Kamae, Y ^o   Lohmann, G ^i,p   Lunt, D J ^k   Rosenbloom, N A ^g   Sohl, L E ^e   Ueda, H ^o  

^a Uni Research   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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

ⁱ ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^k JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^m SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

ⁿ BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^p UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DEEP WATER; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PLIOCENE; SHOALING WAVE; SIMULATION; STRATIFICATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84880887813     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-1495-2013     Document Type: Article

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