Paleobotanical proxies for early Eocene climates and ecosystems in northern North America from middle to high latitudes

• Published in: Climate of the Past
• Main Authors: West, Christopher K., Greenwood, David R., Reichgelt, Tammo, Lowe, Alexander J., Vachon, Janelle M., Basinger, James F.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; British Columbia; Canada; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1387-2020; https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/16/1387/2020/

Early Eocene climates were globally warm, with ice-free conditions at both poles. Early Eocene polar landmasses supported extensive forest ecosystems of a primarily temperate biota but also with abundant thermophilic elements, such as crocodilians, and mesothermic taxodioid conifers and angiosperms....