Global perturbation of the carbon cycle at the onset of the Miocene Climatic Optimum

Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 123-126

  Holbourn, Ann ^a   Kuhnt, Wolfgang ^a   Kochhann, Karlos G D ^a   Andersen, Nils ^a   Sebastian Meier, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; SILICATES; WEATHERING;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATIC RESPONSE; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE; OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT; SILICATE WEATHERING;

CARBON;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HYPSITHERMAL; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PERTURBATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 84921774058     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G36317.1     Document Type: Article

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