Carbonate saturation dynamics during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum: Bathyal constraints from ODP sites 689 and 690 in the Weddell Sea (South Atlantic)

Marine Geology

Volumn 303-306, Issue , 2012, Pages 75-86

  Kelly, D Clay ^a   Nielsen, Tina M J ^a,c   Schellenberg, Stephen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonate sedimentation; Lysocline; ODP Site 689; Paleocene Eocene thermal maximum; Weddell Sea

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CALCITE; CARBON; DISSOLUTION; GLOBAL WARMING; RECOVERY; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBONATE SEDIMENTATIONS; LYSOCLINE; ODP SITE 689; PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUMS; WEDDELL SEA;

CARBONATION;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CARBONATE; DISSOLUTION; GLOBAL WARMING; HYPSITHERMAL; LYSOCLINE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; SATURATION; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 84860590754     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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