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

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.

authors

• Thomas, Debbie

published proceedings

• Geology

altmetric score

• 11.408

author list (cited authors)

• Bralower, T. J., Thomas, D. J., Zachos, J. C., Hirschmann, M. M., Rhl, U., Sigurdsson, H., Thomas, E., & Whitney, D. L.

citation count

• 155

complete list of authors

• Bralower, TJ||Thomas, DJ||Zachos, JC||Hirschmann, MM||Röhl, U||Sigurdsson, H||Thomas, E||Whitney, DL

publication date

• January 1997

published in

• Geology  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

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

start page

• 963

end page

• 966

volume

• 25

issue

• 11

user-defined tag

• 14 Life Below Water