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

Kaya, Mustafa; Dupont-Nivet, Guillaume; Frieling, Joost; Fioroni, Chiara; Rohrmann, Alexander; Altiner, SEVİNÇ; Vardar, Ezgi; Tanyas, Hakan; Mamtimin, Mehmut; Zhaojie, Guo

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00451-4

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

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, Scopus)

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.