Tempo and scale of late Paleocene and early Eocene carbon isotope cycles: Implications for the origin of hyperthermals

JC Zachos, H McCarren, B Murphy, U Röhl… - Earth and Planetary …, 2010 - Elsevier
The upper Paleocene and lower Eocene are marked by several prominent (> 1‰) carbon
isotope (δ13C) excursions (CIE) that coincide with transient global warmings, or thermal …

Assessing offsets between the δ13C of sedimentary components and the global exogenic carbon pool across early Paleogene carbon cycle perturbations

A Sluijs, GR Dickens - Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Negative stable carbon isotope excursions (CIEs) across the Paleocene–Eocene thermal
maximum (PETM;∼ 56 Ma) range between 2‰ and 7‰, even after discounting sections …

Frequency, magnitude and character of hyperthermal events at the onset of the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum

V Lauretano, K Littler, M Polling, JC Zachos… - Climate of the …, 2015 - cp.copernicus.org
Recent studies have shown that the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum (EECO) was preceded
by a series of short-lived global warming events, known as hyperthermals. Here we present …

Orbital climate forcing of δ13C excursions in the late Paleocene–early Eocene (chrons C24n–C25n)

BS Cramer, JD Wright, DV Kent… - Paleoceanography, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
High‐resolution stable carbon isotope records for upper Paleocene–lower Eocene sections
at Ocean Drilling Program Sites 1051 and 690 and Deep Sea Drilling Project Sites 550 and …

Persistence of carbon release events through the peak of early Eocene global warmth

S Kirtland Turner, PF Sexton, CD Charles… - Nature Geoscience, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract The Early Eocene Climatic Optimum (53–50 million years ago) was preceded by
approximately six million years of progressive global warming. This warming was …

A high-resolution benthic stable-isotope record for the South Atlantic: Implications for orbital-scale changes in Late Paleocene–Early Eocene climate and carbon …

K Littler, U Röhl, T Westerhold, JC Zachos - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Paleocene and Early Eocene were characterized by warm greenhouse
climates, punctuated by a series of rapid warming and ocean acidification events known as …

Terrestrial carbon isotope excursions and biotic change during Palaeogene hyperthermals

HA Abels, WC Clyde, PD Gingerich, FJ Hilgen… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Pronounced transient global warming events between 60 and 50 million years ago have
been linked to rapid injection of isotopically-light carbon to the ocean–atmosphere system,. It …

North American continental margin records of the Paleocene‐Eocene thermal maximum: Implications for global carbon and hydrological cycling

CM John, SM Bohaty, JC Zachos, A Sluijs… - …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The impacts of the Paleocene‐Eocene thermal maximum (PETM)(∼ 55 Ma), one of the most
rapid and extreme warming events in Earth history, are well characterized in open marine …

Global extent of early Eocene hyperthermal events: A new Pacific benthic foraminiferal isotope record from Shatsky Rise (ODP Site 1209)

T Westerhold, U Röhl, B Donner… - Paleoceanography and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Studying the dynamics of past global warming events during the late Paleocene to middle
Eocene informs our understanding of Earth's carbon cycle behavior under elevated …

Evidence for a rapid release of carbon at the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum

JD Wright, MF Schaller - Proceedings of the National …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
The Paleocene/Eocene thermal maximum (PETM) and associated carbon isotope excursion
(CIE) are often touted as the best geologic analog for the current anthropogenic rise in …