Beyond methane: towards a theory for the Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum

JA Higgins, DP Schrag - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2006 - Elsevier
Extreme global warmth and an abrupt negative carbon isotope excursion during the
Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) have been attributed to a massive release of …

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 …

Down the rabbit hole: Toward appropriate discussion of methane release from gas hydrate systems during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum and other past …

GR Dickens - Climate of the Past, 2011 - cp.copernicus.org
Enormous amounts of 13 C-depleted carbon rapidly entered the exogenic carbon cycle
during the onset of the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM), as attested to by a …

Atmospheric composition, radiative forcing, and climate change as a consequence of a massive methane release from gas hydrates

GA Schmidt, DT Shindell - Paleoceanography, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The massive perturbation to global climate and the carbon cycle during the
Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)(approx. 55.5 Ma) may have been forced by a …

Regional uplift, gas hydrate dissociation and the origins of the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

J Maclennan, SM Jones - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2006 - Elsevier
Much of the North Atlantic region experienced hundreds of metres of transient uplift during
the latest Paleocene. Regional uplift should cause dissociation of gas hydrates stored in …

Warming the fuel for the fire: Evidence for the thermal dissociation of methane hydrate during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum

DJ Thomas, JC Zachos, TJ Bralower… - …, 2002 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Dramatic warming and upheaval of the carbon system at the end of the Paleocene Epoch
have been linked to massive dissociation of sedimentary methane hydrate. However, testing …

On the duration of the Paleocene‐Eocene thermal maximum (PETM)

U Röhl, T Westerhold, TJ Bralower… - Geochemistry …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The Paleocene‐Eocene thermal maximum (PETM) is one of the best known examples of a
transient climate perturbation, associated with a brief, but intense, interval of global warming …

An alternative age model for the Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum using extraterrestrial 3He

KA Farley, SF Eltgroth - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2003 - Elsevier
A continuous age model for the brief climate excursion at the Paleocene–Eocene boundary
has been constructed by assuming a constant flux of extraterrestrial 3He (3HeET) to the …

Dissociation of oceanic methane hydrate as a cause of the carbon isotope excursion at the end of the Paleocene

GR Dickens, JR O'Neil, DK Rea… - Paleoceanography, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Isotopic records across the “Latest Paleocene Thermal Maximum “(LPTM) indicate that
bottom water temperature increased by more than 4° C during a brief time interval (< 104 …

Could changing ocean circulation have destabilized methane hydrate at the Paleocene/Eocene boundary?

KL Bice, J Marotzke - Paleoceanography, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
During the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM,∼ 55 Ma), marine and terrestrial
carbon isotope values exhibit a negative shift of at least 2.5‰, indicative of massive …