Investigating vegetation-climate feedbacks during the early Eocene

Climate of the Past

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 419-436

  Loptson, C A ^a   Lunt, D J ^a   Francis, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; ENERGY BALANCE; EOCENE; GLOBAL WARMING; LATITUDE; SHRUB; SIMULATION; VEGETATION COVER; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84896775080     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-419-2014     Document Type: Article

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