Review and revision of Cenozoic tropical planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and calibration to the geomagnetic polarity and astronomical time scale

BS Wade, PN Pearson, WA Berggren, H Pälike - Earth-Science Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Planktonic foraminifera are widely utilized for the biostratigraphy of Cretaceous and
Cenozoic marine sediments and are a fundamental component of Cenozoic …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrological and associated biogeochemical consequences of rapid global warming during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

MJ Carmichael, GN Inglis, MPS Badger… - Global and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) hyperthermal,~ 56 million years
ago (Ma), is the most dramatic example of abrupt Cenozoic global warming. During the …

Changing atmospheric CO2 concentration was the primary driver of early Cenozoic climate

E Anagnostou, EH John, KM Edgar, GL Foster… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract The Early Eocene Climate Optimum (EECO, which occurred about 51 to 53 million
years ago), was the warmest interval of the past 65 million years, with mean annual surface …

Atmospheric carbon dioxide through the Eocene–Oligocene climate transition

PN Pearson, GL Foster, BS Wade - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
Geological and geochemical evidence,, indicates that the Antarctic ice sheet formed during
the Eocene–Oligocene transition, 33.5–34.0 million years ago. Modelling studies, suggest …

Eocene greenhouse climate revealed by coupled clumped isotope-Mg/Ca thermometry

D Evans, N Sagoo, W Renema… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Past greenhouse periods with elevated atmospheric CO2 were characterized by globally
warmer sea-surface temperatures (SST). However, the extent to which the high latitudes …

Bedding-parallel fibrous veins (beef and cone-in-cone): Worldwide occurrence and possible significance in terms of fluid overpressure, hydrocarbon generation and …

PR Cobbold, A Zanella, N Rodrigues… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2013 - Elsevier
Bedding-parallel fibrous veins are common worldwide in sedimentary basins, especially
within strata of low permeability. The term “beef” refers to bedding-parallel veins of fibrous …

Cooling and ice growth across the Eocene-Oligocene transition

CH Lear, TR Bailey, PN Pearson, HK Coxall… - …, 2008 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Eocene-Oligocene (EO) climate transition (ca. 34 Ma) marks a period of
Antarctic ice growth and a major step from early Cenozoic greenhouse conditions toward …

Stable warm tropical climate through the Eocene Epoch

PN Pearson, BE van Dongen, CJ Nicholas… - …, 2007 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Earth's climate cooled from a period of extreme warmth in the early Eocene Epoch (ca. 50
Ma) to the early Oligocene (ca. 33 Ma), when a large ice cap first appeared on Antarctica …

Re-evaluating modern and Palaeogene GDGT distributions: Implications for SST reconstructions

KWR Taylor, M Huber, CJ Hollis… - Global and Planetary …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this paper, we review the TEX 86 palaeothermometer for sea surface temperature (SST)
and evaluate its application to the Palaeogene, with a focus on the principal ecological …

A model–data comparison for a multi-model ensemble of early Eocene atmosphere–ocean simulations: EoMIP

DJ Lunt, T Dunkley Jones, M Heinemann… - Climate of the …, 2012 - cp.copernicus.org
The early Eocene (~ 55 to 50 Ma) is a time period which has been explored in a large
number of modelling and data studies. Here, using an ensemble of previously published …