COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: The Causes and Consequences of the Late Paleocene Thermal Maximum: An Integrated Data and Model Approach

地质记录中最突然和最剧烈的全球变暖事件之一发生在古新世晚期~55 Ma。这一事件被称为晚古新世热最大值（LPTM），与深海动物的广泛灭绝和海洋表面和陆地生态系统的快速辐射同时发生。这项为期四年的研究将建立一个在LPTM之前和高峰期的海洋、大气和生物圈的综合重建。我们将确定相对于LPTM的喷涌火山活动的时间，我们将生成和编制与LPTM相关的广泛数据库。这些数据将用于限制LPTM之前和期间的海洋和气候条件。所定义的条件将作为大气、海洋和耦合气候模式的边界条件和验证，这些模式将用于检验与LPTM有关的气候变化理论。

EAR 9814883Sloan One of the most abrupt and dramatic global warming events in the geologic record took place ~55 Ma in the late Paleocene epoch. This event, known as the Late Paleocene Thermal Maximum (LPTM), coincided with widespread extinction of deep-sea faunas and rapid radiation in surface ocean and terrestrial ecosystems. The proposed four-year study will build an integrated reconstruction of ocean, atmosphere, and biosphere immediately before and at the peak of the LPTM. We will define the timing of effusive volcanism relative to the LPTM, and we will generate and compile extensive data bases related to the LPTM. These data will be used to constrain oceanic and climatic conditions preceding and during the LPTM. The defined conditions will serve as boundary conditions and validation for atmospheric, oceanic and coupled climate models that will be used to test theories of climate change related to the LPTM.