Evolution of the deep-sea ecosystem during early Eocene transient warming events: stable-isotope and foraminiferal evidence. KU Leuven
During the late Paleocene-early Eocene (60-50 Ma), earth experienced the warmest conditions of the Cenozoic. Especially middle and high-latitude temperatures were much higher than today. Superimposed on this setting, a transient warming event (hyperthermal), known as the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM; 55 Ma), left a major mark on biogeosphere development. Recent studies show that several subordinate hyperthermals occurred in the late ...