Latitudinal temperature gradients and high-latitude temperatures during the latest Cretaceous: Congruence of geologic data and climate models

Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 683-686

  Upchurch, Garland R ^a   Kiehl, Jeffrey ^b   Shields, Christine ^b   Scherer, Jacquelyn ^c   Scotese, Christopher ^d  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d Paleomap Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE MODELS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; LIQUIDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; PRE-INDUSTRIAL LEVELS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE INDICATORS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; GREENHOUSE GAS; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 84942238538     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G36802.1     Document Type: Article

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