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Warmth and glaciation

Authors :
Ana Christina Ravelo
Source :
Nature Geoscience. 3:672-674
Publication Year :
2010
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2010.

Abstract

The gradual expansion of Northern Hemisphere glaciation about 3.6 million years ago followed a period of prolonged warmth. An analysis of ancient sea surface temperatures fuels the debate surrounding the roles of atmospheric carbon dioxide and global circulation in the cooling.

Subjects

Subjects :
Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere
Atmospheric circulation
Climatology
Northern Hemisphere
Period (geology)
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Glacial period
Geology

Details

ISSN :
17520908 and 17520894
Volume :
3
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nature Geoscience
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........e294d54a54f68aac45b733bf09ff9182

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