Evidence for rapid climate change in the Mesozoic-Palaeogene greenhouse world.
The best-documented example of rapid climate change that characterized the so-called 'greenhouse world' took place at the time of the Palaeocene-Eocene boundary: introduction of isotopically light carbon into the ocean-atmosphere system, accompanied by global warming of 5-8 degrees C acros...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2003
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