[1] Eocene Thermal Maximum 2 (ETM2 or H1; 53.7 Ma) represents a short-lived warming episode, associated with the injection of a large mass of C-depleted carbon into the ocean-atmosphere system. The mass of injected carbon, the extent of deep sea dissolution, and the amount of warming during ETM2 appear to be approximately half of those documented for the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM, ...

Using more than 1000 thin section photos of ancient (Phanerozoic) carbonates from different marine environments (pelagic to shallow-water) a new numerical methodology, based on digitized images of thin sections, is proposed here. In accordance with the Dunham classification, it allows the user to automatically identify carbonate textures unaffected by post-depositional modifications (recrystall...

Lower Triassic carbonate sedimentary rocks exhibit fabrics and facies indicative of reduced bioturbation and reduced abundance of skeletal animals and algae relative to their Permian counterparts. Widespread microbial mounds are one widely cited example. Micritic spheroids of probable microbial origin occur at a few horizons in the Spathian (uppermost Lower Triassic) Virgin Limestone Member of ...

Carbonate oxygen isotope paleoaltimetry is based on analysis of the dO value of carbonate precipitated from surface water. Deciphering the diagenetic history is important for establishing whether particular carbonates are accurate recorders of paleosurface waters, which reflect paleoelevation. This study provides examples from southern, east–central, and northeastern Tibet of approaches aimed a...