The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: A perturbation of carbon cycle, climate, and biosphere with implications for the future

FA McInerney, SL Wing - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM),∼ 56 Mya, thousands of
petagrams of carbon were released into the ocean-atmosphere system with attendant …

Global decline in ocean ventilation, oxygenation, and productivity during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: Implications for the benthic extinction

AME Winguth, E Thomas, C Winguth - Geology, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The prominent global warming event at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary (55 Ma), referred
to as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), was characterized by rapid …

Eocene hyperthermal event offers insight into greenhouse warming

GJ Bowen, TJ Bralower, ML Delaney… - Eos, Transactions …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
What happens to the Earth's climate, environment, and biota when thousands of gigatons of
greenhouse gases are rapidly added to the atmosphere? Modern anthropogenic forcing of …

The Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum super greenhouse: biotic and geochemical signatures, age models and mechanisms of global change

A Sluijs, GJ Bowen, H Brinkhuis, LJ Lourens, E Thomas - 2007 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a geologically brief episode
of global warming associated with the Palaeocene–Eocene boundary, has been studied …

Deep-sea temperature and circulation changes at the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum

A Tripati, H Elderfield - Science, 2005 - science.org
A rapid increase in greenhouse gas levels is thought to have fueled global warming at the
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM). Foraminiferal magnesium/calcium ratios …

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 …

Southern ocean warming, sea level and hydrological change during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum

A Sluijs, PK Bijl, S Schouten, U Röhl… - Climate of the …, 2011 - cp.copernicus.org
A brief (~ 150 kyr) period of widespread global average surface warming marks the
transition between the Paleocene and Eocene epochs,~ 56 million years ago. This so …

Rapid carbon sequestration at the termination of the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

GJ Bowen, JC Zachos - Nature Geoscience, 2010 - nature.com
Abstract The Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), an approximately 170,000-
year-long period of global warming about 56 million years ago, has been attributed to the …

Shelf and open-ocean calcareous phytoplankton assemblages across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: Implications for global productivity gradients

SJ Gibbs, TJ Bralower, PR Bown, JC Zachos… - …, 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abrupt global warming and profound perturbation of the carbon cycle during the Paleocene-
Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM, ca. 55 Ma) have been linked to a massive release of …

A transient rise in tropical sea surface temperature during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum

JC Zachos, MW Wara, S Bohaty, ML Delaney… - Science, 2003 - science.org
The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) has been attributed to a rapid rise in
greenhouse gas levels. If so, warming should have occurred at all latitudes, although …