A humid climate state during the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7016, 2004, Pages 495-499

  Bowen, Gabriel J ^a,c   Beerling, David J ^b   Koch, Paul L ^a   Zachos, James C ^a   Quattlebaum, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ISOTOPES; METHANE; OXIDATION; TROPOSPHERE; UNDERWATER MINERAL RESOURCES;

PALAEOCENE/EOCENE BOUNDARY THERMAL MAXIMUM (PETM); SEA-FLOOR METHANE HYDRATE RESERVOIRS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CARBON; METHANE;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; EOCENE; GLOBAL WARMING; PALEOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE; HUMIDITY; LAND BIOME; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WARMING;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMIDITY; MARINE BIOLOGY; METHANE; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 9644254371     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03115     Document Type: Article

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