Articles | Volume 18, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-2231-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-2231-2022
Research article
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12 Oct 2022
Research article |  | 12 Oct 2022

Early Eocene carbon isotope excursions in a lignite-bearing succession at the southern edge of the proto-North Sea (Schöningen, Germany)

Olaf Klaus Lenz, Mara Montag, Volker Wilde, Katharina Methner, Walter Riegel, and Andreas Mulch

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Interactive discussion

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Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on cp-2021-81', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Oct 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on cp-2021-81', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Jun 2022

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
ED: Publish as is (05 Sep 2022) by Yves Godderis
AR by Olaf Lenz on behalf of the Authors (15 Sep 2022)  Author's response    Manuscript
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Short summary
We describe different carbon isotope excursions (CIEs) in an upper Paleocene to lower Eocene lignite succession (Schöningen, DE). The combination with a new stratigraphic framework allows for a correlation of distinct CIEs with long- and short-term thermal events of the last natural greenhouse period on Earth. Furthermore, changes in the peat-forming wetland vegetation are correlated with a CIE that can be can be related to the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM).