News and Views
Nature Geoscience 1, 86 - 88 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ngeo118
Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography
Palaeoclimate: The riddle of the clays
Gerald R. Dickens1
-
Gerald R. Dickens is in the Department of Earth Sciences, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
e-mail: jerry@rice.edu
Abstract
Rising carbon levels contributed to profound climate change 55 million years ago. Where did that extra carbon come from? One proposal — a cometary impact — is rebuffed by two analyses of magnetic particles in clay sediment cores from New Jersey.
MORE ARTICLES LIKE THIS
These links to content published by NPG are automatically generated.
NEWS AND VIEWS
Palaeoclimate Potomac paradiseNature Geoscience News and Views (01 Oct 2009)
Palaeoclimate Enigmatic EarthNature Geoscience News and Views (01 Aug 2009)
Global change An Earth on fireNature News and Views (11 Mar 2004)
See all 4 matches for News And ViewsRESEARCH
Carbon cycling and chronology of climate warming during the Palaeocene/Eocene transitionNature Letters to Editor (21 Oct 1999)
Environmental precursors to rapid light carbon injection at the Palaeocene/Eocene boundaryNature Letters to Editor (20 Dec 2007)
See all 3 matches for Research
