Antarctic glaciation caused ocean circulation changes at the Eocene-Oligocene transition

Nature

Volumn 511, Issue 7511, 2014, Pages 574-577

  Goldner, A ^a,b   Herold, N ^c   Huber, M ^c,d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION   (United States)

^c University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOCENE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; INDIAN OCEAN; OLIGOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ICE COVER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN RADIOISOTOPES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84905014773     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13597     Document Type: Article

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