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 …

An abyssal carbonate compensation depth overshoot in the aftermath of the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

DE Penman, SK Turner, PF Sexton, RD Norris… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract During the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) about 56 million years
ago, thousands of petagrams of carbon were released into the atmosphere and ocean in just …

Enhanced terrestrial weathering/runoff and surface ocean carbonate production during the recovery stages of the Paleocene‐Eocene thermal maximum

DC Kelly, JC Zachos, TJ Bralower… - …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The carbonate saturation profile of the oceans shoaled markedly during a transient global
warming event known as the Paleocene‐Eocene thermal maximum (PETM)(circa 55 Ma) …

The magnitude of surface ocean acidification and carbon release during Eocene Thermal Maximum 2 (ETM‐2) and the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)

DT Harper, B Hönisch, RE Zeebe… - Paleoceanography …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Eocene Thermal Maximum 2 (ETM‐2; 54.1 Ma) was the second largest Eocene
hyperthermal. Like the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), ETM‐2 was …

Ocean acidification and surface water carbonate production across the Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum

SJ Gibbs, HM Stoll, PR Bown, TJ Bralower - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2010 - Elsevier
The addition of massive amounts of carbon to the ocean–atmosphere system at the
Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum (PETM,∼ 55Ma) caused deep-ocean acidification …

Reversed deep‐sea carbonate ion basin gradient during Paleocene‐Eocene thermal maximum

RE Zeebe, JC Zachos - Paleoceanography, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The Paleocene‐Eocene thermal maximum (PETM,∼ 55 Ma ago) was marked by
widespread CaCO3 dissolution in deep‐sea sediments, a process that has been attributed …

Ocean acidification in deep time

LR Kump, TJ Bralower, A Ridgwell - Oceanography, 2009 - JSTOR
Is there precedence in Earth history for the rapid release of carbon dioxide (CO₂) by fossil
fuel burning and its environmental consequences? Proxy evidence indicates that …

Rapid carbon sequestration at the termination of the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

GJ Bowen, JC Zachos - Nature Geoscience, 2010 - nature.com
Abstract The Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), an approximately 170,000-
year-long period of global warming about 56 million years ago, has been attributed to the …

Coupled greenhouse warming and deep‐sea acidification in the middle Eocene

SM Bohaty, JC Zachos, F Florindo… - …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO) is an enigmatic warming event that
represents an abrupt reversal in long‐term cooling through the Eocene. In order to further …

Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum prolonged by fossil carbon oxidation

SL Lyons, AA Baczynski, TL Babila, TJ Bralower… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
A hallmark of the rapid and massive release of carbon during the Palaeocene–Eocene
Thermal Maximum is the global negative carbon isotope excursion. The delayed recovery of …