The Dan-C2 hyperthermal event at Gubbio (Italy): Global implications, environmental effects, and cause(s)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 298-305

  Coccioni, Rodolfo ^a   Frontalini, Fabrizio ^a   Bancalà, Giuseppe ^a   Fornaciari, Eliana ^b   Jovane, Luigi ^c,d   Sprovieri, Mario ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dan C2; Gubbio; Hyperthermal; Paleoclimate; Paleogene

Indexed keywords

DAN-C2; GUBBIO; HYPERTHERMAL; PALEOCLIMATES; PALEOGENE;

DISSOLUTION; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; SURFACE WATERS; WATER CONTENT;

SEAWATER;

BIOCHRONOLOGY; BIOSPHERE; CARBON; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DANIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EUTROPHICATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGENE; WARMING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GUBBIO; ITALY; PERUGIA; UMBRIA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 77956009588     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.06.031     Document Type: Article

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