TheGlobalOceanandthePaleocene-EoceneThermal.pptVIP

The Global Ocean and the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal MaximumATOC220December 1, 2008David Carozzadavid.carozza@mail.mcgill.ca Summary Warming up to the early Paleogene Fractionation and δ13C The carbon isotope excursion (CIE) Possible causes of the event 2 environmental changes Modelling The Big Picture: The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum An extreme period of global climate change (warming followed by cooling) that occurred about 55 million years ago (5° to 9° increase in SST, 4-5° increase in deep waters) Discovered through large negative isotope excursions in ocean and terrestrial record