A seasonality trigger for carbon injection at the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

The Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) represents a ~170 kyr episode of anomalous global warmth ~56 Ma ago. The PETM is associated with rapid and massive injections of <sup>13</sup>C-depleted carbon into the ocean–atmosphere system reflected as a prominent negative carbon isotope ex...

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Main Authors: J. S. Eldrett, D. R. Greenwood, M. Polling, H. Brinkhuis, A. Sluijs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-04-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:http://www.clim-past.net/10/759/2014/cp-10-759-2014.pdf