Sedimentary trace element constraints on the role of North Atlantic Igneous Province volcanism in late Paleocene-early Eocene environmental change

Marine Geology

Volumn 217, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 233-254

  Thomas, Deborah J ^a   Bralower, Timothy J ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk sediment; DSDP Site 401; DSDP Site 549; NAIP; PETM; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE; GREENHOUSE GASES; SUBAERIAL FLOWS; VOLCANISM;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDRATES; METHANE; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

EOCENE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 20144385610     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.02.009     Document Type: Article

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