The role of ocean gateways on cooling climate on long time scales

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 119, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-22

  Sijp, Willem P ^a   von der Heydt, Anna S ^b   Dijkstra, Henk A ^b   Flögel, Sascha ^c   Douglas, Peter M J ^d   Bijl, Peter K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AMOC; Cenozoic cooling trend; Cloud feedbacks; Deep ocean cooling; Deep time climate model; Eocene; Eocene Oligocene transition; Greenhouse climate; Icehouse climate; Ocean circulation; Ocean gateways; Overturning circulation; Polar amplification; Polar warmth; THC; Thermal isolation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; ISOTOPES; OCEAN CURRENTS;

AMOC; CENOZOIC COOLING; CLOUD FEEDBACKS; DEEP OCEAN; EOCENE; EOCENE/OLIGOCENE TRANSITION; GREENHOUSE CLIMATES; ICEHOUSE CLIMATE; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN GATEWAY; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; POLAR AMPLIFICATIONS; POLAR WARMTH; THC; THERMAL ISOLATION;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; CLIMATE MODELING; COOLING; DEEP SEA; EOCENE; GREENHOUSE GAS; OVERTURN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TURONIAN;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84901228064     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.04.004     Document Type: Review

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