The Eurasian epicontinental sea was an important carbon sink during the Palaeocene-Eocene thermal maximum

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Kaya M. Y., Dupont-Nivet G., Frieling J., Fioroni C., Rohrmann A., Altiner S., ...More

COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT, vol.3, no.1, 2022 (SCI-Expanded)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 3 Issue: 1
• Publication Date: 2022
• Doi Number: 10.1038/s43247-022-00451-4
• Journal Name: COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
• Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The Eurasian Epicontinental Sea sequestered 720-1300 Gt of organic carbon during the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, according to a palaeogeographic reconstruction and multi-proxy data from a sedimentary sequence in the Tarim Basin, China.