Palaeoclimatology - Cooling a continent

被引:32
作者
Barrett, P
机构
[1] Victoria Univ Wellington, Antarctic Res Ctr, Wellington 6005, New Zealand
[2] Victoria Univ Wellington, Sch Earth Sci, Wellington 6005, New Zealand
关键词
D O I
10.1038/421221a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The effect of greenhouse gases on climate is underscored by modelling work showing that formation of the Antarctic ice sheet, 34 million years ago, occurred largely because of a fall in atmospheric CO2 concentration.
引用
收藏
页码:221 / 223
页数:3
相关论文
共 12 条
[1]  
[Anonymous], ANTARCTIC REGION GEO
[2]  
Barrett, 1996, TERRA ANTARCTICA, V3, P103
[3]   COMPARISON OF LONG-TERM GREENHOUSE PROJECTIONS WITH THE GEOLOGIC RECORD [J].
CROWLEY, TJ ;
KIM, KY .
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 1995, 22 (08) :933-936
[4]   Rapid Cenozoic glaciation of Antarctica induced by declining atmospheric CO2 [J].
DeConto, RM ;
Pollard, D .
NATURE, 2003, 421 (6920) :245-249
[5]  
[Houghton J.T. IPCC. IPCC.], 2001, CLIMATE CHANGE
[6]   CENOZOIC EVOLUTION OF ANTARCTIC GLACIATION, CIRCUM-ANTARCTIC OCEAN, AND THEIR IMPACT ON GLOBAL PALEOCEANOGRAPHY [J].
KENNETT, JP .
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS AND ATMOSPHERES, 1977, 82 (27) :3843-3860
[7]   UNLOCKING THE ICE HOUSE - OLIGOCENE-MIOCENE OXYGEN ISOTOPES, EUSTASY, AND MARGIN EROSION [J].
MILLER, KG ;
WRIGHT, JD ;
FAIRBANKS, RG .
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH AND PLANETS, 1991, 96 (B4) :6829-6848
[8]   Orbitally induced oscillations in the East Antarctic ice sheet at the Oligocene/Miocene boundary [J].
Naish, TR ;
Woolfe, KJ ;
Barrett, PJ ;
Wilson, GS ;
Atkins, C ;
Bohaty, SM ;
Bücker, CJ ;
Claps, M ;
Davey, FJ ;
Dunbar, GB ;
Dunn, AG ;
Fielding, CR ;
Florindo, F ;
Hannah, MJ ;
Harwood, DM ;
Henrys, SA ;
Krissek, LA ;
Lavelle, M ;
van der Meer, J ;
McIntosh, WC ;
Niessen, F ;
Passchier, S ;
Powell, RD ;
Roberts, AP ;
Sagnotti, L ;
Scherer, RP ;
Strong, CP ;
Talarico, F ;
Verosub, KL ;
Villa, G ;
Watkins, DK ;
Webb, PN ;
Wonik, T .
NATURE, 2001, 413 (6857) :719-723
[9]  
Raine J.I., 2001, Terra Antart, V8, P389, DOI DOI 10.1029/2010SP000996
[10]  
Shackleton N.J., 1975, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, V29, P743, DOI [10.2973/dsdp.proc.29.117.1975, DOI 10.2973/DSDP.PROC.29.117.1975]