Two massive, rapid releases of carbon during the onset of the Palaeocene-Eocene thermal maximum

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-47

  Bowen, Gabriel J ^a   Maibauer, Bianca J ^a   Kraus, Mary J ^b   Röhl, Ursula ^c   Westerhold, Thomas ^c   Steimke, Amy ^a   Gingerich, Philip D ^d   Wing, Scott L ^e   Clyde, William C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^f University of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; HYPSITHERMAL; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCLIMATE; PERTURBATION; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT;

BIGHORN BASIN; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84988231431     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2316     Document Type: Article

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