On the effect of orbital forcing on mid-Pliocene climate, vegetation and ice sheets

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1749-1759

  Willeit, M ^a   Ganopolski, A ^a   Feulner, G ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE SHEET; ORBITAL FORCING; OROGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

EID: 84881414098     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-1749-2013     Document Type: Article

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