Recognition of Early Eocene global carbon isotope excursions using lipids of marine Thaumarchaeota

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 373, Issue , 2013, Pages 160-168

  Schoon, Petra L ^a   Heilmann Clausen, Claus ^b   Pagh Schultz, Bo ^c   Sluijs, Appy ^d   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a,d   Schouten, Stefan ^a,d  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Fur Museum   (Denmark)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope excursion; GDGTs; PETM

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSIONS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EUXINIC CONDITIONS; GDGTS; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUMS; PETM;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMARKERS; CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; GLYCEROL; ISOTOPES; LIPIDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CARBON;

BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; DEPOSITION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HYPSITHERMAL; LIPID; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROORGANISM; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84879010028     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.037     Document Type: Article

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