New constraints on atmospheric CO2 concentration for the Phanerozoic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 4685-4694

  Franks, Peter J ^a   Royer, Dana L ^b   Beerling, David J ^c   Van De Water, Peter K ^d   Cantrill, David J ^e   Barbour, Margaret M ^a   Berry, Joseph A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

fossils; paleoatmosphere; paleobotany; paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC CO; FOSSILS; PALEO-ATMOSPHERE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84903866336     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL060457     Document Type: Article

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