High-resolution deep-sea carbon and oxygen isotope records of Eocene Thermal Maximum 2 and H2

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 607-610

  Stap, Lucy ^a   Lourens, Lucas J ^a   Thomas, Ellen ^b,c   Sluijs, Appy ^a   Bohaty, Steven ^d   Zachos, James C ^e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBON POOL; HIGH RESOLUTION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RECORDS; PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUMS; STABLE CARBON; THERMAL MAXIMA; WEDDELL SEA;

GLOBAL WARMING; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN;

ISOTOPES;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON ISOTOPE; EOCENE; GLOBAL WARMING; HYPSITHERMAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MAUD RISE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WALVIS RIDGE; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 77956020991     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30777.1     Document Type: Article

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