Did high Neo-Tethys subduction rates contribute to early Cenozoic warming?
The 58–51 Ma interval was characterized by a long-term increase of global temperatures (+4 to +6 °C) up to the Early Eocene Climate Optimum (EECO, 52.9–50.7 Ma), the warmest interval of the Cenozoic. It was recently suggested that sustained high atmospheric <i>p</i>CO<sub>2</sub...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Climate of the Past |
| Online Access: | http://www.clim-past.net/11/1751/2015/cp-11-1751-2015.pdf |