Environmental changes during the Paleocene—Eocene Thermal Maximum in Spitsbergen as reflected by benthic foraminifera

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Nagy, Jenö, Jargvoll, David, Dypvik, Henning, Jochmann, Malte, Riber, Lars
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2013
• Subjects: PETM; foraminifera; faunal turnover; diversity decrease; sequence stratigraphy; Battfjellet; Frysjaodden; Aspelintoppen; Gilsonryggen; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3103; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.19737

The study deals with environmental changes during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) and its background conditions in Spitsbergen through analysis of benthic foraminiferal assemblages (FA) in a section drilled in the Paleogene Central Basin. The impact of this extreme global warming occurs...