Multiple early Eocene hyperthermals: Their sedimentary expression on the New Zealand continental margin and in the deep sea

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 699-702

  Nicolo, Micah J ^a   Dickens, Gerald R ^a   Hollis, Christopher J ^b   Zachos, James C ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope excursion; CIE; Paleocene Eocene thermal maximum; PETM

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSION; DEEP SEA; HYPERTHERMALS; PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM (PETM);

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DATING METHOD; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; LITHOLOGY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 34548091905     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23648A.1     Document Type: Article

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