Abrupt Northwest Atlantic deep-sea oxygenation decline preceded the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

P Xue, L Chang, E Thomas - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Reconstruction of oceanic redox conditions across the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal
Maximum (PETM,∼ 55.93 Ma) provides crucial information on potential PETM triggers and …

Paleoenvironmental controls on the abundances of magnetofossils in the southwestern Iberian margin

K He, X Zhao, Z Jiang, S Li - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetofossils are nanosized magnetic fossil remnants of magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) that
are widely distributed in marine and freshwater sediments. Past studies have revealed that …

Magnetofossils and Benthic Foraminifera Record Changes in Food Supply and Deoxygenation of the Coastal Marine Seafloor During the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal …

CL Wagner, P Stassen, E Thomas… - Paleoceanography …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Continental shelf sediments along the northeast continental margin of North America contain
a magnetofossil‐rich interval deposited during the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum …

Spatiotemporal distribution of giant magnetofossils holds clues to their biological origin

P Xue, L Chang - Geology, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Micrometer-size magnetite crystals with peculiar morphologies, such as spearhead, spindle,
needle, and giant bullet, known as giant magnetofossils, were previously identified in marine …

Impacts of tidally driven internal mixing in the Early Eocene Ocean

JB Ladant, J Millot-Weil, C de Lavergne… - Authorea …, 2023 - essopenarchive.org
Diapycnal mixing in the ocean interior is largely fueled by internal tides. Mixing schemes that
represent the breaking of internal tides are now routinely included in ocean and earth …