The respective role of atmospheric carbon dioxide and orbital parameters on ice sheet evolution at the Eocene-Oligocene transition

Paleoceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 810-823

  Ladant, Jean Baptiste ^a   Donnadieu, Yannick ^a   Lefebvre, Vincent ^a   Dumas, Christophe ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Antarctica; atmospheric carbon dioxide; Eocene Oligocene; GCM ISM coupling; ice sheet; orbital parameters

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EOCENE; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE SHEET;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84906301616     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013PA002593     Document Type: Article

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