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The great ocean conveyor : discovering the trigger for abrupt climate change
Title:
The great ocean conveyor : discovering the trigger for abrupt climate change
Author:
Broecker, Wallace S., 1931-
ISBN:
9780691143545
Publication Information:
Princeton [etc.] : Princeton University Press, 2010
Physical Description:
xvi, 154 p. ; 23 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
The setting -- A surprise -- The villain -- Puzzles -- Hot clues -- The solution -- A confirmation -- The last hurrah -- Holocene wobbles -- The anthropocene.
Subject:
Ocean-atmosphere interaction
Atmospheric circulation
Ocean circulation
Climatic changes
Boundary layer (Meteorology)
Summary:
The setting -- A surprise -- The villain -- Puzzles -- Hot clues -- The solution -- A confirmation -- The last hurrah -- Holocene wobbles -- The anthropocene.