Trends, rhythms, and aberrations in global climate 65 Ma to present

J Zachos, M Pagani, L Sloan, E Thomas, K Billups - science, 2001 - science.org
Since 65 million years ago (Ma), Earth's climate has undergone a significant and complex
evolution, the finer details of which are now coming to light through investigations of deep …

Large igneous provinces and mass extinctions

PB Wignall - Earth-science reviews, 2001 - Elsevier
Comparing the timing of mass extinctions with the formation age of large igneous provinces
reveals a close correspondence in five cases, but previous claims that all such provinces …

[PDF][PDF] Carbon isotope stratigraphy

MR Saltzman, E Thomas, FM Gradstein - The geologic time scale, 2012 - academia.edu
Variations in the 13C/12C value of total dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) in the world's
oceans through time have been documented through stratigraphic study of marine …

Rapid acidification of the ocean during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum

JC Zachos, U Röhl, SA Schellenberg, A Sluijs… - Science, 2005 - science.org
The Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM) has been attributed to the rapid release
of∼ 2000× 109 metric tons of carbon in the form of methane. In theory, oxidation and ocean …

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 …

Astronomical pacing of late Palaeocene to early Eocene global warming events

LJ Lourens, A Sluijs, D Kroon, JC Zachos, E Thomas… - Nature, 2005 - nature.com
At the boundary between the Palaeocene and Eocene epochs, about 55 million years ago,
the Earth experienced a strong global warming event, the Palaeocene–Eocene thermal …

[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 …

On the duration of the Paleocene‐Eocene thermal maximum (PETM)

U Röhl, T Westerhold, TJ Bralower… - Geochemistry …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The Paleocene‐Eocene thermal maximum (PETM) is one of the best known examples of a
transient climate perturbation, associated with a brief, but intense, interval of global warming …

Evidence for rapid climate change in the Mesozoic–Palaeogene greenhouse world

HC Jenkyns - … Transactions of the Royal Society of …, 2003 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The best–documented example of rapid climate change that characterized the so–called
'greenhouse world'took place at the time of the Palaeocene–Eocene boundary: introduction …

[图书][B] The beginning of the age of mammals

KD Rose - 2006 - books.google.com
In the tradition of GG Simpson's classic work, Kenneth D. Rose's The Beginning of the Age of
Mammals analyzes the events that occurred directly before and after the mysterious KT …