Bralower, T. J. et al. (1997): High-resolution records of the late Paleocene thermal maximum and circum-Caribbean volcanism; is there a causal link?

Leg/Site/Hole: Related Expeditions:

ODP 165
ODP 165 1001
ODP 165 999

Identifier: ID:

1997-072417

Type:

georefid

ID:

10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0963:HRROTL>2.3.CO;2

Type:

doi

Creator: Name:

Bralower, T. J.

Affiliation:

University of North Carolina, Department of Geology, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Role:

author

Name:

Thomas, D. J.

Affiliation:

University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Role:

author

Name:

Zachos, J. C.

Affiliation:

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Role:

author

Name:

Hirschmann, M. M.

Affiliation:

Bremen University, Bremen, Federal Republic of Germany

Role:

author

Name:

Roehl, U.

Affiliation:

University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States

Role:

author

Name:

Sigurdsson, H.

Affiliation:

Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, United States

Role:

author

Name:

Thomas, E.

Affiliation:

Role:

author

Name:

Whitney, D. L.

Affiliation:

Role:

author

Identification: Title:

High-resolution records of the late Paleocene thermal maximum and circum-Caribbean volcanism; is there a causal link?

Year:

1997

Source:

Geology (Boulder)

Publisher:

Geological Society of America (GSA), Boulder, CO, United States

Volume:

Issue:

Pages:

963-966

Abstract:

Two recently drilled Caribbean sites contain expanded sedimentary records of the late Paleocene thermal maximum, a dramatic global warming event that occurred at ca. 55 Ma. The records document significant environmental changes, including deep-water oxygen deficiency and a mass extinction of deep-sea fauna, intertwined with evidence for a major episode of explosive volcanism. We postulate that this volcanism initiated a reordering of ocean circulation that resulted in rapid global warming and dramatic changes in the Earth's environment.

Language:

English

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Serial

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Coverage:Geographic coordinates:

	North:22.0000
West:-78.4422		East: -60.0000
	South:9.0000

Keywords:

Stratigraphy; Atlantic Ocean; Caribbean Sea; Cenozoic; clastic rocks; claystone; global change; global warming; high-resolution methods; Leg 165; North Atlantic; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP Site 1001; ODP Site 999; paleo-oceanography; Paleocene; paleocirculation; paleoclimatology; Paleogene; paleotemperature; sedimentary rocks; Tertiary; upper Paleocene; volcaniclastics; volcanism;

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Bralower, T. J. et al. (1997): High-resolution records of the late Paleocene thermal maximum and circum-Caribbean volcanism; is there a causal link?