The dynamics of global change at the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum: A data-model comparison

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3830-3848

  Bralower, Timothy J ^a,b   Meissner, Katrin J ^b,c,d   Alexander, Kaitlin ^b,c,d   Thomas, Deborah J ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

abrupt rapid climate change; global climate models; micropaleontology; Paleocene Eocene thermal maximum

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH (PLANET); ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABSOLUTE TIMING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; INTEGRATED DATA; INTERMEDIATE COMPLEXITY; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MODEL COMPARISON; PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUMS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CALCITE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84939453722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GC005474     Document Type: Article

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