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Early Eocene carbon isotope excursions in a lignite-bearing succession at the southern edge of the proto-North Sea (Schöningen, Germany)
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Institute of Applied Geosciences, Technical University Darmstadt,
64287 Darmstadt, Germany
Mara Montag
Institute of Applied Geosciences, Technical University Darmstadt,
64287 Darmstadt, Germany
Volker Wilde
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Katharina Methner
Department Institute of Geophysics and Geology, University Leipzig,
04103 Leipzig, Germany
Department of Earth System Science, Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Walter Riegel
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Andreas Mulch
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Institute of Geosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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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).
We describe different carbon isotope excursions (CIEs) in an upper Paleocene to lower Eocene...
