Evidence from "köppen signatures" of fossil plant assemblages for effective heat transport of gulf stream to subarctic north atlantic during miocene cooling

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7927-7942

  Denk, T ^a   Grimm, G W ^a   Grimsson F ^b   Zetter, R ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COOLING; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; MIOCENE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOBOTANY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; GULF STREAM; ICELAND; LOOP CURRENT;

EID: 84890281597     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-7927-2013     Document Type: Article

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