Was the late Paleocene thermal maximum a unique event?

E Thomas, JC Zachos - Gff, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
Deep-sea benthic foraminiferal faunas were decimated by a massive extinction during an
episode of rapid warming, the late Paleocene thermal maximum (LPTM), with a duration of …

The onset of the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) at Sites 1209 and 1210 (Shatsky Rise, Pacific Ocean) as recorded by planktonic foraminifera

MR Petrizzo - Marine Micropaleontology, 2007 - Elsevier
High-resolution biostratigraphic and quantitative studies of subtropical Pacific planktonic
foraminiferal assemblages (Ocean Drilling Program, Leg 198 Shatsky Rise, Sites 1209 and …

[PDF][PDF] Extinction and food at the seafloor: A high-resolution benthic foraminiferal record across the Initial Eocene Thermal Maximum, Southern Ocean Site 690

E Thomas - Special Papers-Geological Society of America, 2003 - people.earth.yale.edu
ABSTRACT A mass extinction of deep-sea benthic foraminifera has been documented
globally, coeval with the negative carbon isotope excursion (CIE) at the Paleocene-Eocene …

Faunal turnovers in central Pacific benthic foraminifera during the Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum

K Takeda, K Kaiho - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2007 - Elsevier
Although it is well known that the Paleocene/Eocene thermal maximum (PETM) coincided
with a major benthic foraminiferal extinction event, the detailed pattern of the faunal turnover …

Coherent pattern and timing of the carbon isotope excursion and warming during Eocene Thermal Maximum 2 as recorded in planktic and benthic foraminifera

L Stap, L Lourens, A van Dijk… - Geochemistry …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Eocene Thermal Maximum 2 (ETM2;∼ 53.7 Ma) occurred approximately 2 Myr after the
Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum (∼ 55.5 Ma) and was characterized by a deep‐sea …

Holocene temperature evolution of the subpolar North Atlantic recorded in the Mg/Ca ratios of surface and thermocline dwelling planktonic foraminifers

EJ Farmer, MR Chapman, JE Andrews - Global and Planetary Change, 2011 - Elsevier
Mg/Ca ratio measurements have been produced from IMAGES piston core MD99-2251
using two species of planktonic foraminifera: the surface dwelling Globigerina bulloides and …

The Palaeocene–Eocene carbon isotope excursion: constraints from individual shell planktonic foraminifer records

JC Zachos, SM Bohaty, CM John… - … of the Royal …, 2007 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Palaeocene–Eocene thermal maximum (PETM) is characterized by a global negative
carbon isotope excursion (CIE) and widespread dissolution of seafloor carbonate …

Examining possible effects of seawater pH decline on foraminiferal stable isotopes during the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum

J Uchikawa, RE Zeebe - Paleoceanography, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
A large body of paleoceanographic data for the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum
(PETM) is based on foraminiferal stable carbon and oxygen isotope composition (δ13C and …

Biochronology and paleoclimatic implications of middle Eocene to Oligocene planktic foraminiferal faunas

G Keller - Marine Micropaleontology, 1983 - Elsevier
Planktic foraminiferal assemblages have been analyzed quantitatively in six DSDP sites in
the Atlantic (Site 363), Pacific (Sites 292, 77B, 277), and Indian Ocean (Sites 219, 253) in …

New chronology for the late Paleocene thermal maximum and its environmental implications

U Rohl, TJ Bralower, RD Norris, G Wefer - Geology, 2000 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The late Paleocene thermal maximum (LPTM) is associated with a brief, but intense, interval
of global warming and a massive perturbation of the global carbon cycle. We have …