Eocene global warming events driven by ventilation of oceanic dissolved organic carbon

Nature

Volumn 471, Issue 7338, 2011, Pages 349-353

  Sexton, Philip F ^a,b,d   Norris, Richard D ^a   Wilson, Paul A ^b   Pälike, Heiko ^b   Westerhold, Thomas ^c   Röhl, Ursula ^c   Bolton, Clara T ^b,e   Gibbs, Samantha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEEP SEA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EOCENE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ORBIT DETERMINATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VENTILATION; WEATHERING;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; EOCENE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; OXIDATION; PALEOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; FORAMINIFERA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; HISTORY, ANCIENT; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79952800025     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09826     Document Type: Article

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