Identification of the Paleocene–Eocene boundary in coastal strata in the Otway Basin, Victoria, Australia

Frieling, Joost; Huurdeman, Emiel P.; Rem, Charlotte C. M.; Donders, Timme H.; Pross, Jörg; Bohaty, Steven M.; Holdgate, Guy R.; Gallagher, Stephen J.; McGowran, Brian; Bijl, Peter K.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-37-317-2018

Articles | Volume 37, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-37-317-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-37-317-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 37, issue 1

Research article

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13 Feb 2018

Research article |

| 13 Feb 2018

Identification of the Paleocene–Eocene boundary in coastal strata in the Otway Basin, Victoria, Australia

Joost Frieling, Emiel P. Huurdeman, Charlotte C. M. Rem, Timme H. Donders, Jörg Pross, Steven M. Bohaty, Guy R. Holdgate, Stephen J. Gallagher, Brian McGowran, and Peter K. Bijl

Data sets

Carbon, carbon isotope and dinoflagellate and pollen of the Latrobe-1 and Point Margaret, Victoria, Australia J. Frieling, E. P. Huurdeman, C. C. M. Rem, T. H. Donders, J. Pross, S. M. Bohaty, G. R. Holdgate, S. J. Gallagher, B. McGowran, and P. K. Bijl https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886006

Short summary

The hothouse climate of the early Paleogene and the associated violent carbon cycle perturbations are of particular interest to understanding current and future global climate change. Using dinoflagellate cysts and stable carbon isotope analyses, we identify several significant events, e.g., the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum in sedimentary deposits from the Otway Basin, SE Australia. We anticipate that this study will facilitate detailed climate reconstructions west of the Tasmanian Gateway.