Investigating the Paleoproterozoic glaciations with 3-D climate modeling

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 395, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-80

  Teitler, Yoram ^a,b   Le Hir, Guillaume ^a   Fluteau, Frédéric ^a   Philippot, Pascal ^a   Donnadieu, Yannick ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

GCM; Glaciation; Huronian; Paleoclimate; Paleoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GALLIUM; GREENHOUSE GASES; OXYGENATION; WEATHERING;

GCM; GLACIATION; HURONIAN; PALEOCLIMATES; PALEOPROTEROZOIC;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLACIATION; METHANE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLCANISM;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84897522093     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.03.044     Document Type: Article

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