Enhanced terrestrial carbon export from East Antarctica during the early Eocene

• Published in: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
• Other Authors: Inglis, Gordon N. (author), Toney, Jaime L. (author), Zhu, Jiang (author), Poulsen, Christopher J. (author), Röhl, Ursula (author), Jamieson, Stewart S. R. (author), Pross, Jörg (author), Cramwinckel, Margot J. (author), Krishnan, Srinath (author), Pagani, Mark (author), Bijl, Peter K. (author), Bendle, James (author)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021PA004348

Terrestrial organic carbon (TerrOC) acts as an important CO2 sink when transported via rivers to the ocean and sequestered in coastal marine sediments. This mechanism might help to modulate atmospheric CO2 levels over short- and long- timescales (10(3)-10(6) years), but its importance during past wa...