Effect of the Ordovician paleogeography on the (in)stability of the climate

The Ordovician Period (485–443 Ma) is characterized by abundant evidence for continental-sized ice sheets. Modeling studies published so far require a sharp CO<sub>2</sub> drawdown to initiate this glaciation. They mostly used non-dynamic slab mixed-layer ocean models. Here, we us...

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Main Authors: A. Pohl, Y. Donnadieu, G. Le Hir, J.-F. Buoncristiani, E. Vennin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-11-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:http://www.clim-past.net/10/2053/2014/cp-10-2053-2014.pdf