Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current
    • Archive
    • Special Volumes and Special Issue
  • Subscriptions
    • Subscribers
    • Pricing
    • FAQ
    • Terms & Conditions for use of AJS Online
  • Instructions to Authors
  • Site Features
    • Alerts
    • Feedback
    • Usage Statistics
    • RSS
  • About Us
    • Editorial Board
    • The Journal

User menu

  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • My Cart

Search

  • Advanced search
American Journal of Science
  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • My Cart
American Journal of Science

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current
    • Archive
    • Special Volumes and Special Issue
  • Subscriptions
    • Subscribers
    • Pricing
    • FAQ
    • Terms & Conditions for use of AJS Online
  • Instructions to Authors
  • Site Features
    • Alerts
    • Feedback
    • Usage Statistics
    • RSS
  • About Us
    • Editorial Board
    • The Journal
  • Follow ajs on Twitter
  • Visit ajs on Facebook
  • Follow ajs on Instagram
Research ArticleArticles

Rapid change in high-elevation precipitation patterns of western North America during the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO)

Andreas Mulch, C. P. Chamberlain, Michael A. Cosca, Christian Teyssier, Katharina Methner, Michael T. Hren and Stephan A. Graham
American Journal of Science April 2015, 315 (4) 317-336; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/04.2015.02
Andreas Mulch
* Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberganlage 25, and Senckenberg Research Institutes and Natural History Museums, 60325 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
** Institute of Geosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: andreas.mulch@senckenberg.de
C. P. Chamberlain
*** Department of Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Michael A. Cosca
§ US Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Christian Teyssier
§§ Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415, USA
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Katharina Methner
* Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberganlage 25, and Senckenberg Research Institutes and Natural History Museums, 60325 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Michael T. Hren
§§§ Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Stephan A. Graham
‡ Department of Geological and Environmental Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • References
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF
Loading

This article requires a subscription to view the full text. If you have a subscription you may use the login form below to view the article. Access to this article can also be purchased.

Log in using your username and password

Forgot your user name or password?

Purchase access

You may purchase access to this article. This will require you to create an account if you don't already have one.
PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

American Journal of Science: 315 (4)
American Journal of Science
Vol. 315, Issue 4
1 Apr 2015
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents (PDF)
  • About the Cover
  • Index by author
  • Ed Board (PDF)
Print
Download PDF
Article Alerts
Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on American Journal of Science.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Rapid change in high-elevation precipitation patterns of western North America during the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO)
(Your Name) has sent you a message from American Journal of Science
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the American Journal of Science web site.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
11 + 2 =
Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.
Citation Tools
Rapid change in high-elevation precipitation patterns of western North America during the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO)
Andreas Mulch, C. P. Chamberlain, Michael A. Cosca, Christian Teyssier, Katharina Methner, Michael T. Hren, Stephan A. Graham
American Journal of Science Apr 2015, 315 (4) 317-336; DOI: 10.2475/04.2015.02

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
Rapid change in high-elevation precipitation patterns of western North America during the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO)
Andreas Mulch, C. P. Chamberlain, Michael A. Cosca, Christian Teyssier, Katharina Methner, Michael T. Hren, Stephan A. Graham
American Journal of Science Apr 2015, 315 (4) 317-336; DOI: 10.2475/04.2015.02
del.icio.us logo Digg logo Reddit logo Twitter logo Facebook logo Google logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One

Jump to section

  • Article
    • Abstract
    • INTRODUCTION
    • GEOLOGIC SETTING AND STRATIGRAPHY
    • RESULTS
    • INTERPRETATION
    • DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
    • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    • APPENDIX
    • References
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • No related articles found.
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • No citing articles found.
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • Timing and Nd-Hf isotopic mapping of early Mesozoic granitoids in the Qinling Orogen, central China: Implication for architecture, nature and processes of the orogen
  • India in the Nuna to Gondwana supercontinent cycles: Clues from the north Indian and Marwar Blocks
  • Unravelling the P-T-t history of three high-grade metamorphic events in the Epupa Complex, NW Namibia: Implications for the Paleoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic evolution of the Congo Craton
Show more Articles

Similar Articles

Keywords

  • Midde Eocene Climatic Optimum
  • paleoclimate
  • North American Cordillera
  • paleoelevation
  • oxygen isotopes
  • Paleoaltimetry

Navigate

  • Current Issue
  • Archive

More Information

  • RSS

Other Services

  • About Us

© 2022 American Journal of Science

Powered by HighWire