Pliocene switch in orbital-scale carbon cycle/climate dynamics

Paleoceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1256-1266

  Turner, Sandra Kirtland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon cycle; orbital forcing

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; ORBITAL FORCING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; WARMING;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84921680791     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014PA002651     Document Type: Article

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