Sedimentological and paleoclimate modeling evidence for preservation of jurassic annual cycles in sedimentation, Western Gondwana

Earth Interactions

Volumn 20, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 1-21

  Gugliotta, Marcello ^a   Fairman, Jonathan G ^a   Schultz, David M ^a   Flint, Stephen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean structure phenomena; Hydrology; Paleoclimate; Physical meteorology and climatology; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SANDSTONE; STATISTICS;

ANNUAL VARIABILITY; ANNUAL VARIATIONS; MEAN TEMPERATURE; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MODELS; PALEOCLIMATES; PRECIPITATION TIME SERIES; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; STANDARD DEVIATION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; GONDWANA; JURASSIC; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRESERVATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN;

EID: 84978705945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/EI-D-15-0046.1     Document Type: Article

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