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Did high Neo-Tethys subduction rates contribute to early Cenozoic warming?
UMR CNRS TOTAL 5150 Laboratoire des Fluides Complexes et leurs Réservoirs, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, I.P.R.A., Avenue de l'Université BP 1155, 64013 PAU CEDEX, France
UMR 6249 Chrono-environnement (CNRS-Université de Franche-Comté), 25030 Besançon CEDEX, France
B. Bomou
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
LSCE/UVSQ/IPSL CEA Saclay, Orme des Merisiers, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
UMR 6249 Chrono-environnement (CNRS-Université de Franche-Comté), 25030 Besançon CEDEX, France
D. J. J. van Hinsbergen
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, 3584 CD Utrecht, the Netherlands
N. Carry
UMR 6249 Chrono-environnement (CNRS-Université de Franche-Comté), 25030 Besançon CEDEX, France
D. Marquer
UMR 6249 Chrono-environnement (CNRS-Université de Franche-Comté), 25030 Besançon CEDEX, France
Y. Donnadieu
LSCE/UVSQ/IPSL CEA Saclay, Orme des Merisiers, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
G. Le Hir
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
B. Vrielynck
UMR 7193 – ISTEP (CNRS-UPMC), 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris CEDEX 05, France
A.-V. Walter-Simonnet
UMR 6249 Chrono-environnement (CNRS-Université de Franche-Comté), 25030 Besançon CEDEX, France
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The impact of Neo-Tethys closure on early Cenozoic warming has been tested. First, the volume of subducted sediments and the amount of CO2 emitted along the northern Tethys margin has been calculated. Second, corresponding pCO2 have been tested using the GEOCLIM model. Despite high CO2 production, maximum pCO2 values (750ppm) do not reach values inferred from proxies. Other cited sources of excess CO2 such as the NAIP are also below fluxes required by GEOCLIM to fit with proxy data.
The impact of Neo-Tethys closure on early Cenozoic warming has been tested. First, the volume of...
