Stable isotopic evidence of El Niño-like atmospheric circulation in the Pliocene western United States

Understanding how the hydrologic cycle has responded to warmer global temperatures in the past is especially important today as concentrations of CO<sub>2</sub> in the atmosphere continue to increase due to human activities. The Pliocene offers an ideal window into a climate system that...

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Main Authors: M. J. Winnick, J. M. Welker, C. P. Chamberlain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-04-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:http://www.clim-past.net/9/903/2013/cp-9-903-2013.pdf