Changing atmospheric CO2 concentration was the primary driver of early Cenozoic climate

Nature

Volumn 533, Issue , 2016, Pages 380-384

  Anagnostou, Eleni ^a   John, Eleanor H ^b,e   Edgar, Kirsty M ^b,c,f   Foster, Gavin L ^a   Ridgwell, Andy ^c,d   Inglis, Gordon N ^c   Pancost, Richard D ^c   Lunt, Daniel J ^c,d   Pearson, Paul N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTOPE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BORON ISOTOPE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; QUATERNARY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GREENHOUSE; LATE QUATERNARY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; UPPER EOCENE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; FORAMINIFER; HISTORY; ICE COVER; INDIAN OCEAN; PLANKTON; SEDIMENT; TANZANIA; TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA; TANZANIA;

FORAMINIFERA;

ATMOSPHERE; BORON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; FORAMINIFERA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; ICE COVER; INDIAN OCEAN; ISOTOPES; PLANKTON; TANZANIA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84970015998     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature17423     Document Type: Article

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