The prism (pliocene palaeoclimate) reconstruction: Time for a paradigm shift

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

Volumn 371, Issue 2001, 2013, Pages

  Dowsett, Harry J ^a   Robinson, Marci M ^a   Stoll, Danielle K ^a   Foley, Kevin M ^a   Johnson, Andrew L A ^b   Williams, Mark ^c   Riesselman, Christina R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Palaeoceanography; Palaeoclimatology; Pliocene; Pliomip

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY; PLIOCENE; PLIOMIP;

PRISMS;

EID: 84884868159     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2012.0524     Document Type: Article

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