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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-2629-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-2629-2024
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28 Nov 2024
Research article |  | 28 Nov 2024

Climatic and tectonic controls on shallow-marine and freshwater diatomite deposition throughout the Palaeogene

Cécile Figus, Or M. Bialik, Andrey Y. Gladenkov, Tatyana V. Oreshkina, Johan Renaudie, Pavel Smirnov, and Jakub Witkowski

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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.
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