Prolonged Late Permian–Early Triassic hyperthermal: failure of climate regulation?

LR Kump - … Transactions of the Royal Society A …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The extreme warmth associated with the mass extinction at the Permian–Triassic boundary
was likely produced by a rapid build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from the …

Nannofossil assemblage fluctuations during the Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum at Sites 213 (Indian Ocean) and 401 (North Atlantic Ocean) …

F Tremolada, TJ Bralower - Marine Micropaleontology, 2004 - Elsevier
The Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) was an abrupt global warming event
at∼ 55 Ma. This event had profound effects on the biosphere. Quantitative investigations of …

An early Eocene carbon cycle perturbation at∼ 52.5 Ma in the Southern Alps: Chronology and biotic response

C Agnini, P Macrì, J Backman, H Brinkhuis… - …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
At least two transient events of extreme global warming occurred superimposed on the long‐
term latest Paleocene and early Eocene warming trend in the Paleocene‐Eocene thermal …

[HTML][HTML] Turnover and stability in the deep sea: Benthic foraminifera as tracers of Paleogene global change

L Alegret, GJ Arreguín-Rodríguez… - Global and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Benthic foraminifera are the most common meiofaunal unicellular deep-sea biota, forming
skeletons used as proxies for past climate change. We aim to increase understanding of …

Tropical sea‐surface temperature reconstruction for the early Paleogene using Mg/Ca ratios of planktonic foraminifera

AK Tripati, ML Delaney, JC Zachos… - …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
To understand the climate dynamics of hypothesized past greenhouse intervals, it is
essential to constrain tropical sea‐surface temperatures (SST), yet existing proxy records …

Evidence of an abrupt environmental disruption during the mid-Paleocene biotic event (Zumaia section, western Pyrenees)

G Bernaola, JI Baceta… - Geological …, 2007 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
An abrupt environmental disruption occurred in the photic zone and at the seafloor during
the mid-Paleocene biotic event (MPBE). Calcareous nannoplankton, planktic foraminifer …

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 …

Ecological and evolutionary response of Tethyan planktonic foraminifera to the middle Eocene climatic optimum (MECO) from the Alano section (NE Italy)

V Luciani, L Giusberti, C Agnini, E Fornaciari… - Palaeogeography …, 2010 - Elsevier
The enigmatic middle Eocene climatic optimum (MECO) is a transient (∼ 500kyr) warming
event that significantly interrupted at∼ 40Ma the long-term cooling through the middle and …

New evidence for subtropical warming during the late Paleocene thermal maximum: Stable isotopes from Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 527, Walvis Ridge

DJ Thomas, TJ Bralower, JC Zachos - Paleoceanography, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The late Paleocene thermal maximum (LPTM) was a dramatic, short‐term global warming
event that occurred∼ 55 Ma. Warming of high‐latitude surface waters and global deep …

Testing the Cenozoic multisite composite δ18O and δ13C curves: New monospecific Eocene records from a single locality, Demerara Rise (Ocean Drilling Program …

PF Sexton, PA Wilson, RD Norris - Paleoceanography, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Until recently, very few high‐quality deep ocean sedimentary sections of Eocene age have
been available. Consequently, our understanding of Eocene paleoceanography has …