High-resolution alkenone palaeobarometry indicates relatively stable pco2 during the pliocene (3.3-2.8 ma)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 2001, 2013, Pages

  Badger, Marcus P S ^a   Schmidt, Daniela N ^a   Mackensen, Andreas ^b   Pancost, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkenone; Atmospheric carbon dioxide; Climate; Ocean drilling program site 999; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTOPES; REPAIR; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ALKENONES; ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; PLIOCENE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 84884867902     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0094     Document Type: Article

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