Carbon cycle change in the Eocene

• Main Authors: Tripati, Aradhna K, Backman, Jan, Elderfield, Henry, Ferretti, Patrizia
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2005
• Subjects: 199-1218; 199-1219; COMPCORE; Composite Core; Joides Resolution; Leg199; North Pacific Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.738240; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.738240

The transition from the extreme global warmth of the early Eocene 'greenhouse' climate ~55 million years ago to the present glaciated state is one of the most prominent changes in Earth's climatic evolution. It is widely accepted that large ice sheets first appeared on Antarctica ~34...