The Miocene: The future of the past

M Steinthorsdottir, HK Coxall… - Paleoceanography …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Miocene epoch (23.03–5.33 Ma) was a time interval of global warmth, relative
to today. Continental configurations and mountain topography transitioned toward modern …

[HTML][HTML] The Eocene–Oligocene transition: a review of marine and terrestrial proxy data, models and model–data comparisons

DK Hutchinson, HK Coxall, DJ Lunt… - Climate of the …, 2021 - cp.copernicus.org
Abstract The Eocene–Oligocene transition (EOT) was a climate shift from a largely ice-free
greenhouse world to an icehouse climate, involving the first major glaciation of Antarctica …

Intensified continental chemical weathering and carbon-cycle perturbations linked to volcanism during the Triassic–Jurassic transition

J Shen, R Yin, S Zhang, TJ Algeo, DJ Bottjer… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Direct evidence of intense chemical weathering induced by volcanism is rare in sedimentary
successions. Here, we undertake a multiproxy analysis (including organic carbon isotopes …

Toward a Cenozoic history of atmospheric CO2

Cenozoic CO2 Proxy Integration Project (CenCO2PIP) … - Science, 2023 - science.org
The geological record encodes the relationship between climate and atmospheric carbon
dioxide (CO2) over long and short timescales, as well as potential drivers of evolutionary …

Mercury evidence for pulsed volcanism during the end-Triassic mass extinction

LME Percival, M Ruhl, SP Hesselbo… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
The Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) has long been proposed as having a
causal relationship with the end-Triassic extinction event (∼ 201.5 Ma). In North America …

[HTML][HTML] Mercury anomalies and the timing of biotic recovery following the end-Triassic mass extinction

AM Thibodeau, K Ritterbush, JA Yager, AJ West… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The end-Triassic mass extinction overlapped with the eruption of the Central Atlantic
Magmatic Province (CAMP), and release of CO 2 and other volcanic volatiles has been …

Production and preservation of resins–past and present

LJ Seyfullah, C Beimforde, J Dal Corso… - Biological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Amber is fossilised plant resin. It can be used to provide insights into the terrestrial
conditions at the time the original resin was exuded. Amber research thus can inform many …

Climate, pCO2 and terrestrial carbon cycle linkages during late Palaeozoic glacial–interglacial cycles

IP Montañez, JC McElwain, CJ Poulsen, JD White… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Earth's last icehouse, 300 million years ago, is considered the longest-lived and most acute
of the past half-billion years, characterized by expansive continental ice sheets, and possibly …

[HTML][HTML] Tracing volcanic emissions from the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province in the sedimentary record

S Lindström, S Callegaro, J Davies, C Tegner… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The end-Triassic mass extinction (ETME) is thought to have been caused by voluminous,
pulsed volcanic activity of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP). Over the last …

New constraints on atmospheric CO2 concentration for the Phanerozoic

PJ Franks, DL Royer, DJ Beerling… - Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Earth's atmospheric CO2 concentration (ca) for the Phanerozoic Eon is estimated from
proxies and geochemical carbon cycle models. Most estimates come with large, sometimes …