Articles | Volume 14, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1035-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1035-2018
Research article
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11 Jul 2018
Research article |  | 11 Jul 2018

Dynamics of sediment flux to a bathyal continental margin section through the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

Tom Dunkley Jones, Hayley R. Manners, Murray Hoggett, Sandra Kirtland Turner, Thomas Westerhold, Melanie J. Leng, Richard D. Pancost, Andy Ridgwell, Laia Alegret, Rob Duller, and Stephen T. Grimes

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (18 Jan 2018) by Laurie Menviel
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RR by Michael Clare (12 Apr 2018)
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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (20 May 2018) by Laurie Menviel
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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (07 Jun 2018) by Laurie Menviel
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The Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) is a transient global warming event associated with a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. Here we document a major increase in sediment accumulation rates on a subtropical continental margin during the PETM, likely due to marked changes in hydro-climates and sediment transport. These high sedimentation rates persist through the event and may play a key role in the removal of carbon from the atmosphere by the burial of organic carbon.