Cool tropics in the middle Eocene: Evidence from the Changchang flora, Hainan Island, China

RA Spicer, AB Herman, W Liao, TEV Spicer… - Palaeogeography …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The middle Eocene (Lutetian–Bartonian, 48.6–37.2 Ma) near-equatorial megafossil
flora from swamp and lacustrine facies of the lower Changchang Formation, Hainan Island …

The Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum as recorded by Tethyan planktonic foraminifera in the Forada section (northern Italy)

V Luciani, L Giusberti, C Agnini, J Backman… - Marine …, 2007 - Elsevier
The Forada section in the Venetian Pre-Alps of northern Italy represents an expanded
record of the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) at a depositional paleodepth of …

Anomalous shifts in tropical Pacific planktonic and benthic foraminiferal test size during the Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum

K Kaiho, K Takeda, MR Petrizzo, JC Zachos - Palaeogeography …, 2006 - Elsevier
Paleocene–Eocene warming and changes in oceanic hydrography should have significantly
impacted the ecology of marine microorganisms, both at the surface and on the seafloor. We …

Response of calcareous nannoplankton to the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum in the Paratethys Seaway (Tarim Basin, West China)

Y Wang, Y Cui, H Su, J Jiang, Y Wang, Z Yang… - Global and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) was a rapid global warming
occurred 56 million years ago and has been widely viewed as an ancient analogue to the …

Early Paleogene oceans and climate: A fully coupled modeling approach using the NCAR CCSM

M Huber, LC Sloan, C Shellito - 2003 - repository.geologyscience.ru
Attempts to understand early Paleogene climate using models have provided insights, but
have consistently had difficulty explaining essential climatic features. A main limitation of …

Natural gas hydrates: searching for the long-term climatic and slope-stability records

BU Haq - Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 1998 - lyellcollection.org
The recent revival of interest in gas hydrates has grown from the awareness that they may
play significant roles in several global and regional processes, including global carbon …

Abrupt hydrographic changes in the equatorial Pacific and subtropical Atlantic from foraminiferal Mg/Ca indicate greenhouse origin for the thermal maximum at the …

AK Tripati, H Elderfield - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The Paleocene‐Eocene Boundary (PEB) was marked by an extraordinary climatic event,
hypothesized to originate from a large perturbation to the carbon cycle which fueled global …

Modeling the global carbon cycle with a gas hydrate capacitor: significance for the latest Paleocene thermal maximum

GR Dickens - Geophysical Monograph Series, 2001 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
Abstract The" Latest Paleocene Thermal Maximum"(or LPTM) ca. 55 Ma was characterized
by a 4 to 6 C rise in deep ocean water temperature and an extraordinary injection of 12 C …

Faunal turnovers in central Pacific benthic foraminifera during the Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum

K Takeda, K Kaiho - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2007 - Elsevier
Although it is well known that the Paleocene/Eocene thermal maximum (PETM) coincided
with a major benthic foraminiferal extinction event, the detailed pattern of the faunal turnover …

Iterative evolution of digitate planktonic foraminifera

HK Coxall, PN Pearson, PA Wilson, PF Sexton - Paleobiology, 2007 - cambridge.org
Digitate shell morphologies have evolved repeatedly in planktonic foraminifera throughout
the Cretaceous and Cenozoic. Digitate species are usually rare in fossil and modern …