Astrochronology of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum on the Atlantic Coastal Plain

Mingsong Li; Timothy J. Bralower; Lee R. Kump; Jean M. Self-Trail; James C. Zachos; William D. Rush; Marci M. Robinson

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33390-x

Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Astrochronology of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum on the Atlantic Coastal Plain

Mingsong Li,
Timothy J. Bralower,
Lee R. Kump,
Jean M. Self-Trail,
James C. Zachos,
William D. Rush,
Marci M. Robinson

Affiliations

Mingsong Li: Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, MOE, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University
Timothy J. Bralower: Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University
Lee R. Kump: Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University
Jean M. Self-Trail: Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, U.S. Geological Survey
James C. Zachos: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz
William D. Rush: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz
Marci M. Robinson: Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, U.S. Geological Survey

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33390-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Astrochronology of a core in Maryland suggests that the onset of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) warming lasted about 6 thousand years. These data are more consistent with astronomical forcing than an extraterrestial trigger for the PETM.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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