The demise of the early Eocene greenhouse - Decoupled deep and surface water cooling in the eastern North Atlantic

Early Paleogene greenhouse climate culminated during the early Eocene Climatic Optimum (EECO, 50 to 53 Ma). This episode of global warmth is subsequently followed by an almost 20 million year-long cooling trend leading to the Eocene-Oligocene glaciation of Antarctica. Here we present the first detai...

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Published in:Global and Planetary Change
Main Authors: Bornemann, Andre, D'haenens, Simon, Norris, Richard D, Speijer, Robert
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016
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Online Access:https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/123456789/557474
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2016.08.010
https://lirias.kuleuven.be/bitstream/123456789/557474/4//Bornemann_et_al_2016%28Eocene-cooling_GPC%29.pdf
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