Rapid and sustained surface ocean acidification during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

Paleoceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 357-369

  Penman, Donald E ^a   Hönisch, Bärbel ^b   Zeebe, Richard E ^c   Thomas, Ellen ^d,e   Zachos, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

boron isotopes; climate change; ocean acidification; PETM

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BORON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; HYPSITHERMAL; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84900944294     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014PA002621     Document Type: Article

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