Middle Eocene benthic foraminiferal stable carbon and oxygen isotope data

• Main Authors: Edgar, Kirsty M, Wilson, Paul A, Sexton, Philip F, Gibbs, Samantha J, Roberts, Andrew P, Norris, Richard D
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2018
• Subjects: Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.896911; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.896911

The Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO) was a warming event that interrupted the long-term Eocene cooling trend. While this event is well documented at high southern and mid-latitudes, it is poorly known from low latitudes and its timing and duration are not well constrained because of problems of...