Warming, euxinia and sea level rise during the paleocene-eocene thermal maximum on the gulf coastal plain: Implications for ocean oxygenation and nutrient cycling

Climate of the Past

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1421-1439

  Sluijs, A ^a   Van Roij, L ^a   Harrington, G J ^b   Schouten, S ^a,c   Sessa, J A ^d,e   Levay, L J ^e,f   Reichart, G J ^a,c   Slomp, C P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84904973898     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-1421-2014     Document Type: Article

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