Ocean and climate response to North Atlantic seaway changes at the onset of long-term Eocene cooling

@article{Vahlenkamp2018OceanAC,
  title={Ocean and climate response to North Atlantic seaway changes at the onset of long-term Eocene cooling},
  author={Maximilian Vahlenkamp and Igor Niezgodzki and David De Vleeschouwer and Gerrit Lohmann and Torsten Bickert and Heiko P{\"a}like},
  journal={Earth and Planetary Science Letters},
  year={2018}
}
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