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Late Paleocene CO2 drawdown, climatic cooling and terrestrial denudation in the southwest Pacific
Christopher J. Hollis
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GNS Science, Lower Hutt, 5040, New Zealand
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
GNS Science, Lower Hutt, 5040, New Zealand
Christopher D. Clowes
GNS Science, Lower Hutt, 5040, New Zealand
B. David A. Naafs
Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, School of Earth
Sciences and Cabot Institute for the Environment, University of Bristol,
Bristol, UK
Richard D. Pancost
Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, School of Earth
Sciences and Cabot Institute for the Environment, University of Bristol,
Bristol, UK
Kyle W. R. Taylor
Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, School of Earth
Sciences and Cabot Institute for the Environment, University of Bristol,
Bristol, UK
Jenny Dahl
GNS Science, Lower Hutt, 5040, New Zealand
Xun Li
GNS Science, Lower Hutt, 5040, New Zealand
G. Todd Ventura
GNS Science, Lower Hutt, 5040, New Zealand
Department of Geology, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Richard Sykes
GNS Science, Lower Hutt, 5040, New Zealand
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Short summary
Previous studies of Paleogene greenhouse climates identified short-lived global warming events, termed hyperthermals, that provide insights into global warming scenarios. Within the same time period, we have identified a short-lived cooling event in the late Paleocene, which we term a hypothermal, that has potential to provide novel insights into the feedback mechanisms at work in a greenhouse climate.
Previous studies of Paleogene greenhouse climates identified short-lived global warming events,...
