Ocean biogeochemistry in the warm climate of the late Paleocene

Climate of the Past

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 63-79

  Heinze, M ^a,b   Ilyina, T ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOL ON EARTH SYSTEM MODELLING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE VARIATION; HYPSITHERMAL; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCLIMATE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84920982817     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-11-63-2015     Document Type: Article

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