Scaled biotic disruption during early Eocene global warming events

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4679-4688

  Gibbs, S J ^a   Bown, P R ^b   Murphy, B H ^c   Sluijs, A ^d   Edgar, K M ^a,f   Palike H ^a   Bolton, C T ^e   Zachos, J C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; EOCENE; EXTINCTION; GLOBAL WARMING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERTURBATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

EID: 84870155654     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-4679-2012     Document Type: Article

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