Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and the Opening of the Northeast Atlantic

@article{Storey2007PaleoceneEoceneTM,
  title={Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and the Opening of the Northeast Atlantic},
  author={Michael A. Storey and Robert A. Duncan and Carl C. Swisher},
  journal={Science},
  year={2007},
  volume={316},
  pages={587 - 589}
}
The Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM) has been attributed to a sudden release of carbon dioxide and/or methane. 40Ar/39Ar age determinations show that the Danish Ash-17 deposit, which overlies the PETM by about 450,000 years in the Atlantic, and the Skraenterne Formation Tuff, representing the end of 1 ± 0.5 million years of massive volcanism in East Greenland, are coeval. The relative age of Danish Ash-17 thus places the PETM onset after the beginning of massive flood basalt volcanism at… 
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