Understanding long-term carbon cycle trends: The late Paleocene through the early Eocene

Paleoceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 650-662

  Komar, N ^a   Zeebe, R E ^a   Dickens, G R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

carbon cycle; early Eocene; late Paleocene; methane hydrate; organic carbon burial

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBON CYCLE; EOCENE; GAS HYDRATE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; OXIDATION; PALEOCENE; PEAT; SIMULATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIMESCALE;

OXIDAE;

EID: 84887296895     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/palo.20060     Document Type: Article

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