Marine and terrestrial environmental changes in NW Europe preceding carbon release at the Paleocene-Eocene transition

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 353-354, Issue , 2012, Pages 108-120

  Kender, Sev ^a   Stephenson, Michael H ^a   Riding, James B ^a   Leng, Melanie J ^a,b   Knox, Robert W O'B ^a   Peck, Victoria L ^c   Kendrick, Christopher P ^a   Ellis, Michael A ^a   Vane, Christopher H ^a   Jamieson, Rachel ^d  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope excursion; North Sea; Paleoceanography; Paleocene Eocene boundary; Paleoecology; PETM

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPES; NORTH SEA; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOECOLOGY; PETM;

GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; SEA LEVEL; VEGETATION;

CARBON;

CARBON ISOTOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HALOCLINE; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUROPE; NORTH SEA;

ALNUS; CARYA; CONIFEROPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 84865827587     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.08.011     Document Type: Article

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