On the duration of the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM)

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Röhl, Ursula ^a   Westerhold, Thomas ^a   Bralower, Timothy J ^b   Zachos, James C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age model; Cyclostratigraphy; Paleocene Eocene thermal maximum; Rapid climate change; Sediment chemistry; XRF core scanner

Indexed keywords

EID: 45449086615     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001784     Document Type: Article

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