Equatorial Pacific dust fertilization and source weathering influences on Eocene to Miocene global CO2 decline

Dunfan Wang; Andrew P. Roberts; Eelco J. Rohling; Weiqi Yao; Yi Zhong; Zhengquan Yao; Yang Lu; Qingsong Liu

doi:10.1038/s43247-023-00702-y

Communications Earth & Environment (Feb 2023)

Equatorial Pacific dust fertilization and source weathering influences on Eocene to Miocene global CO2 decline

Dunfan Wang,
Andrew P. Roberts,
Eelco J. Rohling,
Weiqi Yao,
Yi Zhong,
Zhengquan Yao,
Yang Lu,
Qingsong Liu

Affiliations

Dunfan Wang: Centre for Marine Magnetism (CM2), Department of Ocean Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
Andrew P. Roberts: Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
Eelco J. Rohling: Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
Weiqi Yao: Centre for Marine Magnetism (CM2), Department of Ocean Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
Yi Zhong: Centre for Marine Magnetism (CM2), Department of Ocean Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
Zhengquan Yao: Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Metallogeny, First Institute of Oceanography, MNR
Yang Lu: Centre for Marine Magnetism (CM2), Department of Ocean Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
Qingsong Liu: Centre for Marine Magnetism (CM2), Department of Ocean Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00702-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Intensified weathering, dust fertilization and biological pump action amplified the global decline in atmospheric CO2 concentrations across the Eocene-Oligocene Transition, according to magnetofossil and geochemical records from the Eastern Equatorial Pacific.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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