Abrupt hydrographic changes in the equatorial Pacific and subtropical Atlantic from foraminiferal Mg//Ca indicate greenhouse origin for the thermal maximum at the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Tripati, Aradhna K ^a   Elderfield, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DSDP site 527; Mg Ca; ODP site 865; Paleocene eocene boundary; Planktonic foraminifera; Sea surface temperatures

Indexed keywords

EID: 33544469277     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000631     Document Type: Article

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