Development of a Carbon Isotope Stratigraphy Across the Paleocene/Eocene Epoch Boundary in the Northern European Stratotype Sections

PI和合作者将进行碳同位素研究， 通过假定的碳含量， 同位素漂移，在经典的海洋和非海洋部分 在欧洲西北部。 这条边界标志着一个重要的 古海洋学和古生物学的转变，目前的重点， 对一个大集团感兴趣。 这项研究还将促进 试图重建欧洲盆地的沉积历史 在层序地层格架中。 详细抽样 将对巴黎和比利时盆地的部分进行同位素跟踪 分析土壤碳酸盐、海洋微化石和大型化石。 微体化石对比将使用位于Goban Spur的DSDP Site 550， 还提供了碳同位素参考部分。

PI and collaborators will conduct a carbon isotopic study to locate the Paleocene/Eocene boundary, by its postulated carbon isotope excursion, in the classic marine and non-marine sections in northwestern Europe. This boundary marks an important paleoceanographic and paleobiologic shift, currently the focus of interest for a large group. This study will also facilitate attempts to reconstruct depositional history of the European basins in a sequence stratigraphic framework. Detailed sampling of sections in Paris and Belgian basins will be followed by isotopic analyses of soil carbonates, marine micro- and macrofossils. Microfossil correlation will use DSDP Site 550 on Goban Spur, which also provides a carbon isotope-reference section.