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Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1989-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1989-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
Research article
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01 Oct 2021
Research article |  | 01 Oct 2021

Rapid and sustained environmental responses to global warming: the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum in the eastern North Sea

Ella W. Stokke, Morgan T. Jones, Lars Riber, Haflidi Haflidason, Ivar Midtkandal, Bo Pagh Schultz, and Henrik H. Svensen

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In this paper, we present new sedimentological, geochemical, and mineralogical data exploring the environmental response to climatic and volcanic impact during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (~55.9 Ma; PETM). Our data suggest a rise in continental weathering and a shift to anoxic–sulfidic conditions. This indicates a rapid environmental response to changes in the carbon cycle and temperatures and highlights the important role of shelf areas as carbon sinks driving the PETM recovery.
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