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Climatic and tectonic controls on shallow-marine and freshwater diatomite deposition throughout the Palaeogene
Institute of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, 70-383 Szczecin, Poland
Doctoral School, University of Szczecin, 70-383 Szczecin, Poland
Or M. Bialik
Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
Dr. Moses Strauss Department of Marine Geosciences, The Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, 31905 Haifa, Israel
Andrey Y. Gladenkov
Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119017 Moscow, Russia
Tatyana V. Oreshkina
Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119017 Moscow, Russia
Johan Renaudie
FB1 Dynamik der Natur, Museum für Naturkunde, 10115 Berlin, Germany
Pavel Smirnov
Institute of Ecology, RUDN University, 117198 Moscow, Russia
Jakub Witkowski
Institute of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, 70-383 Szczecin, Poland
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Short summary
A global-scale compilation of Palaeogene diatomite occurrences shows how palaeogeographic and palaeoceanographic changes impacted diatom accumulation, especially in the middle Eocene. Diatomite deposition dropped in epicontinental seas between ~ 46 and ~ 44 Ma, while diatom accumulation began around 43.5 Ma in open-ocean settings. The compilation also shows an indirect correlation between Palaeogene climate fluctuations and diatomite deposition in shallow-marine and freshwater environments.
A global-scale compilation of Palaeogene diatomite occurrences shows how palaeogeographic and...
