• DOI:10.1038/nature04386
Corpus ID: 4301227

Abrupt reversal in ocean overturning during the Palaeocene/Eocene warm period

@article{Nunes2006AbruptRI,
  title={Abrupt reversal in ocean overturning during the Palaeocene/Eocene warm period},
  author={F. Nunes and R. Norris},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2006},
  volume={439},
  pages={60-63}
}

F. Nunes, R. Norris

Published 2006

Environmental Science, Medicine

Nature

An exceptional analogue for the study of the causes and consequences of global warming occurs at the Palaeocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum, 55 million years ago. A rapid rise of global temperatures during this event accompanied turnovers in both marine and terrestrial biota, as well as significant changes in ocean chemistry and circulation. Here we present evidence for an abrupt shift in deep-ocean circulation using carbon isotope records from fourteen sites. These records indicate that deep-ocean… CONTINUE READING

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