Sea-level and salinity fluctuations during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum in Arctic Spitsbergen

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 303, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 97-107

  Harding, Ian C ^a   Charles, Adam J ^a   Marshall, John E A ^a   Pälike, Heiko ^a   Roberts, Andrew P ^b   Wilson, Paul A ^a   Jarvis, Edward ^a,c   Thorne, Robert ^a   Morris, Emily ^a   Moremon, Rebecca ^a   Pearce, Richard B ^a   Akbari, Shir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrupt rapid climate change; Arctic; Paleoecology; PETM; Sedimentology; Spitsbergen

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT/RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE; ARCTIC; PALEOECOLOGY; PETM; SPITSBERGEN;

ECOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OXYGEN; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

APECTODINIUM; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 79951809537     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.12.043     Document Type: Article

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