Paleocene-Eocene volcanic segmentation of the Norwegian-Greenland seaway reorganized high-latitude ocean circulation

Uplift and volcanism drove fragmentation of the Norwegian-Greenland seaway, which may have restricted Arctic-Atlantic exchange during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, according to sedimentological, paleontological and seismic analyses from NE Greenland.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jussi Hovikoski, Michael B. W. Fyhn, Henrik Nøhr-Hansen, John R. Hopper, Steven Andrews, Milo Barham, Lars H. Nielsen, Morten Bjerager, Jørgen Bojesen-Koefoed, Stefanie Lode, Emma Sheldon, Alfred Uchman, Pia R. Skorstengaard, Peter Alsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature 2021-08-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00249-w