During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM, ca. 56 Ma), thousands of gigatons of carbon were released into the ocean and atmosphere over several thousand years, offering the opportunity to study the response of ocean biogeochemistry to a carbon cycle perturbation of a similar magnitude to projected anthropogenic CO2 release. PETM scenarios typically invoke accelerated chemical weathering...

[1] In the New Jersey Coastal Plain, a silty to clayey sedimentary unit (the Marlboro Formation) represents deposition during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM). This interval is remarkably different from the glauconitic sands and silts of the underlying Paleocene Vincentown and overlying Eocene Manasquan Formation. We integrate new and published stable isotope, biostratigraphic, litho...

Mammalian fossils from two principal collecting areas in the lower Hanna Formation of the Carbon Basin comprise three faunas, the Grayson Ridge, Halfway Hill, and Sand Creek faunas. The Grayson Ridge and Halfway Hill faunas are diverse, consisting cumulatively of 29 mammalian species, at least two of which are new. The faunas are approximately equivalent in age and are either latest lbrrejonian...

Deep complex oil and gas reservoirs are the future directions of exploration. The exploration potential Paleocene deposits in Lufeng sag is enormous. However, due to greater burial depth accumulation conditions Paleocene, few large-scale have been discovered next strategy unclear. In this study, based on geological data Southern sag, a model hydrocarbon functional element control constructed us...

Abstract Plant megafossils from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) in Bighorn Basin, north-central Wyoming, USA, document a dramatic shift floral composition, whereas palynofloral change same sections has appeared to be more subtle. We investigated this discrepancy by quantifying pollen preservation and measuring stable carbon isotope composition of specific taxa. Pollen grains belongi...