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: C. K. West, D. R. Greenwood, T. Reichgelt, A. J. Lowe, J. M. Vachon, J. F. Basinger
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2020
• Subjects: geo; envir; Arctic; British Columbia; Canada; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1387-2020; https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/16/1387/2020/cp-16-1387-2020.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/40e3a5a8bbde4e44a8f74dd4c0615c36

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....