Environment and evolution through the Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum

PD Gingerich - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2006 - cell.com
The modern orders of mammals, Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla and Primates (APP taxa), first
appear in the fossil record at the Paleocene–Eocene boundary, c. 55 million years ago …

Subtropical Arctic Ocean temperatures during the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum

A Sluijs, S Schouten, M Pagani, M Woltering… - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
Abstract The Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum,∼ 55 million years ago, was a brief
period of widespread, extreme climatic warming,,, that was associated with massive …

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 …

Abrupt reversal in ocean overturning during the Palaeocene/Eocene warm period

F Nunes, RD Norris - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
An exceptional analogue for the study of the causes and consequences of global warming
occurs at the Palaeocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum, 55 million years ago. A rapid rise of …

Nannoplankton extinction and origination across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

SJ Gibbs, PR Bown, JA Sessa, TJ Bralower, PA Wilson - science, 2006 - science.org
The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM,∼ 55 million years ago) was an interval
of global warming and ocean acidification attributed to rapid release and oxidation of buried …

An ancient carbon mystery

M Pagani, K Caldeira, D Archer, JC Zachos - Science, 2006 - science.org
The role of leveling mechanisms is especially tricky. In other primate species, access to
resources is usually regulated by social dominance. Dominant males monopolize mating …

Eocene biostratigraphy and magnetic stratigraphy from Possagno, Italy: The calcareous nannofossil response to climate variability

C Agnini, G Muttoni, DV Kent, D Rio - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2006 - Elsevier
A study of quantitative calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy of
a∼ 68-m-thick marine limestone section of Late Paleocene–Middle Eocene age …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] Sites M0001-M0004

J Backman, K Moran, D McInroy… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
The Oden transited to 81 56′ N, 44 59′ E to meet the other two ships in the Arctic Coring
Expedition fleet for Expedition 302, the Sovetskiy Soyuz and the Vidar Viking, at the edge of …

Global extinction event in benthic foraminifera across the Paleocene/Eocene boundary at the Dababiya Stratotype section

L Alegret, S Ortiz - Micropaleontology, 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A global extinction event of deep-sea benthic foraminifera occurred at the
Paleocene/Eocene (P/E) boundary, coeval with a period of rapid global warming (Initial …