Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum and the opening of the northeast Atlantic

Science

Volumn 316, Issue 5824, 2007, Pages 587-589

  Storey, Michael ^a   Duncan, Robert A ^b   Swisher III, Carl C ^c  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON 39; ARGON 40; CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTOPE; METHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FLOOD BASALT; GREENHOUSE GAS; MAGMA; METHANE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; DENMARK; EOCENE; EUROPE; GREENHOUSE GAS; GREENLAND; PALEOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SEA; VOLCANO;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); EAST GREENLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREENLAND;

EID: 34247627300     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1135274     Document Type: Article

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