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Tropical cooling and the onset of North American glaciation

Author(s) : Huybers, P. , Molnar, P.
Description : We offer a test of the idea that gradual cooling in the eastern tropical Pacific led to cooling of North America and the initiation of glaciation ~3 Myr ago. Using modern climate data we estimate how warming of the eastern tropical Pacific affects North American temperature and ice-ablation. Assumin...
Language(s) : English
Subject(s) : [SDU:ENVI] Sciences of the Universe/Continental interfaces, environment , [SDU:STU] Sciences of the Universe/Earth Sciences
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Source(s) : Climate of the Past Discussions
Publication Date(s) : 2007-05-15