Lower Paleogene Tectonostratigraphy of Balochistan: Evidence for Time-Transgressive Late Paleocene-Early Eocene Uplift

Lower Paleogene Tectonostratigraphy of Balochistan: Evidence for Time-Transgressive Late Paleocene-Early Eocene Uplift

Analysis of lithofacies, paleoflow directions, and sandstone petrography of upper Paleocene-lower Eocene paralic and continental sediments exposed along the transpressional suture zone of the western margin of the Indian plate indicate that the process of deformation and uplift of the carbonate shelf in this area had started by late Paleocene time. This tectonic uplift and deformation is docume...

Evidence of dietary differentiation among late Paleocene-early Eocene plesiadapids (Mammalia, primates).

Plesiadapis cookei is an extinct relative of extant euarchontans (primates, dermopterans; scandentians), which lived in North America during the late Paleocene. P. cookei body mass has been estimated to be approximately 2.2 kg, making it large compared with other species of its genus from North America, but similar to some from Europe. In particular, size as well as dental form similarities to ...

Decline of coral reefs during late Paleocene to early Eocene global warming

Late Paleocene and Early Eocene Paleoclimate Reconstructions: The Digital Leaf Physiognomy Approach

Understanding long-term carbon cycle trends: The late Paleocene through the early Eocene

[1] The late Paleocene to the early Eocene ( 58–52 Ma) was marked by significant changes in global climate and carbon cycling. The evidence for these changes includes stable isotope records that reveal prominent decreases in ı18O and ı13C, suggesting a rise in Earth’s surface temperature ( 4ıC) and a drop in net carbon output from the ocean and atmosphere. Concurrently, deep-sea carbonate recor...