Mechanisms of climate warming at the end of the Paleocene

被引:284
作者
Bains, S
Corfield, RM
Norris, RD
机构
[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Earth Sci, Oxford OX1 3PR, England
[2] Woods Hole Oceanog Inst, Dept Geol & Geophys, Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA
关键词
D O I
10.1126/science.285.5428.724
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
An abrupt episode of global warming marked the end of the Paleocene epoch. Oxygen and carbon isotope records from two widely separated sites support the notion that degassing of biogenic methane hydrate may have been an important factor in altering Earth's climate. The data show evidence for multiple injections of methane, separated by intervals in which the carbon cycle was in stasis. Correlations between the two sites suggest that even these small-scale events were global in nature.
引用
收藏
页码:724 / 727
页数:4
相关论文
共 43 条
  • [1] BAINS S, UNPUB
  • [2] DEEP-SEA CARBONATES - READING THE CARBON-ISOTOPE SIGNAL
    BERGER, WH
    VINCENT, E
    [J]. GEOLOGISCHE RUNDSCHAU, 1986, 75 (01): : 249 - 269
  • [3] Berggren W.A., 1995, GEOCHRONOLOGY TIME S, V54, P129
  • [4] BERGGREN WA, 1996, CORRELATION EARLY PA, P309
  • [5] Booth JS, 1998, GEOL SOC SPEC PUBL, V137, P113, DOI 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.08
  • [6] Bralower TJ, 1998, GEOLOGY, V26, P671
  • [7] Bralower TJ, 1997, GEOLOGY, V25, P963, DOI 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0963:HRROTL>2.3.CO
  • [8] 2
  • [9] LATE PALEOCENE TO EOCENE PALEOCEANOGRAPHY OF THE EQUATORIAL PACIFIC-OCEAN - STABLE ISOTOPES RECORDED AT OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM SITE-865, ALLISON-GUYOT
    BRALOWER, TJ
    ZACHOS, JC
    THOMAS, E
    PARROW, M
    PAULL, CK
    KELLY, DC
    SILVA, IP
    SLITER, WV
    LOHMANN, KC
    [J]. PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, 1995, 10 (04): : 841 - 865
  • [10] Clyde WC, 1998, GEOLOGY, V26, P1011, DOI 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<1011:MCRTTL>2.3.CO