Late Miocene global cooling and the rise of modern ecosystems

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 843-847

  Herbert, Timothy D ^a   Lawrence, Kira T ^b   Tzanova, Alexandrina ^a   Peterson, Laura Cleaveland ^c   Caballero Gill, Rocio ^a   Kelly, Christopher S ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c LUTHER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE FORCING; COOLING; GLOBAL CHANGE; MIOCENE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84994200702     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2813     Document Type: Article

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