Orbital climate forcing of δ13C excursions in the late Paleocene-early Eocene (chrons C24n-C25n)

Orbital forcing of the Paleocene and Eocene carbon cycle

Multimillion-year proxy records across the Paleocene and Eocene show prominent variations on orbital time scales. The cycles, which have been identified at various sites across the globe, preferentially concentrate spectral power at eccentricity and precessional frequencies. It is evident that these cycles are an expression of changes in global climate and carbon cycling paced by astronomical f...

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...

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

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

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 ...