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Continental ice in Greenland during the Eocene and Oligocene

Date

Authors

Eldrett, James S.

Harding , Ian C

Wilson, P.A.

Butler, Emily

Roberts, Andrew

Publisher

Macmillan Publishers Ltd

Abstract

The Eocene and Oligocene epochs (∼55 to 23 million years ago) comprise a critical phase in Earth history. An array of geological records supported by climate modelling indicates a profound shift in global climate during this interval, from a state that

Keywords

Keywords: carbon dioxide; depositional environment; depositional sequence; Eocene; glaciation; ice cap; ice rafting; ice-rafted debris; Oligocene; paleoenvironment; sea ice; stratigraphy; article; atmosphere; concentration (parameters); Eocene; geology; glacier; gl

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/20856

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Nature

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1038/nature05591

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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