TECTONIC FORCING OF LATE CENOZOIC CLIMATE

被引:1790
作者
RAYMO, ME [1 ]
RUDDIMAN, WF [1 ]
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[1] UNIV VIRGINIA,DEPT ENVIRONM SCI,CHARLOTTESVILLE,VA 22903
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10.1038/359117a0
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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];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Global cooling in the Cenozoic, which led to the growth of large continental ice sheets in both hemispheres, may have been caused by the uplift of the Tibetan plateau and the positive feedbacks initiated by this event. In particular, tectonically driven increases in chemical weathering may have resulted in a decrease of atmospheric CO2 concentration over the past 40 Myr.
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