Refining our estimate of atmospheric CO2 across the eocene-Oligocene climatic transition

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 409, Issue , 2015, Pages 329-338

  Heureux, Ana M C ^a   Rickaby, Rosalind E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic southern ocean; Carbon dioxide; Carbon isotopes; Diatom bound organic matter; Eocene Oligocene transition; Oi 1

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; ICE; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; CARBON ISOTOPES; OI-1; OLIGOCENE; REACTION-DIFFUSION KINETICS; SALIENT FEATURES; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIATOM; EMPLACEMENT; EOCENE; ESTIMATION METHOD; ICE SHEET; OLIGOCENE; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84911924124     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.10.036     Document Type: Article

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