Ephemeral formation of perennial sea ice in the Arctic Ocean during the middle Eocene

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 210-213

  Darby, Dennis A ^a  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EOCENE; ICE DRIFT; OCEANIC CURRENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PROVENANCE; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84895420153     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2068     Document Type: Article

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