Disentangling the roles of late Miocene palaeogeography and vegetation - Implications for climate sensitivity

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 417, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-34

  Bradshaw, Catherine D ^a   Lunt, Daniel J ^a   Flecker, Rachel ^a   Davies Barnard, Taraka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate modelling; Climate sensitivity; CO2; Late Miocene; Palaeogeography; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA ACQUISITION; MIOCENE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

EID: 84909983263     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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