Very large release of mostly volcanic carbon during the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

Marcus Gutjahr (), Andy Ridgwell, Philip F. Sexton, Eleni Anagnostou, Paul N. Pearson, Heiko Pälike, Richard D. Norris, Ellen Thomas and Gavin L. Foster
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Marcus Gutjahr: Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton
Andy Ridgwell: School of Geographical Sciences, Bristol University
Philip F. Sexton: School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, The Open University
Eleni Anagnostou: Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton
Paul N. Pearson: School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University
Heiko Pälike: MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen
Richard D. Norris: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
Ellen Thomas: Yale University
Gavin L. Foster: Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton

Nature, 2017, vol. 548, issue 7669, 573-577

Abstract: Boron and carbon isotope data, used in an Earth system model, show that the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum was associated with a much greater release of carbon than thought, most probably triggered by volcanism in the North Atlantic.

Date: 2017
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