Multiple Proxy Estimates of Atmospheric CO2 From an Early Paleocene Rainforest
@article{Kowalczyk2018MultiplePE, title={Multiple Proxy Estimates of Atmospheric CO2 From an Early Paleocene Rainforest}, author={Jennifer B. Kowalczyk and Dana L. Royer and Ian M. Miller and Clive W. Anderson and David J. Beerling and Peter J. S. Franks and Michaela Grein and Wilfried Konrad and Anita Roth-Nebelsick and Samuel A. Bowring and Kirk R. Johnson and Jahandar Ramezani}, journal={Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology}, year={2018}, volume={33}, pages={1427 - 1438} }
Proxy estimates of atmospheric CO2 are necessary to reconstruct Earth's climate history. Confidence in paleo‐CO2 estimates can be increased by comparing results from multiple proxies at a single site, but so far this strategy has been implemented only for marine‐based techniques. Here we present CO2 estimates for the well‐studied early Paleocene Castle Rock site in Colorado using four paleobotanical proxies. Median estimates range from 470 to 813 ppm, demonstrating fair correspondence. The…
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