References & Sources

Global Burp Gassed Ancient Earth

Scientists are tracking down the source of a carbon-rich gas attack 55 million years ago.

References:

Norris, R.D., and U. Röhl. 1999. Carbon cycling and chronology of climate warming during the Palaeocene/Eocene transition. Nature 401(Oct. 21):775.

Further Readings:

Bains, S., R.M. Corfield, and R.D. Norris. 1999. Mechanisms of climate warming at the end of the Paleocene. Science 285(July 30):724.

Dickens, G.R. 1999. The blast in the past. Nature 401(Oct. 21):752.

Sources:

James P. Kennett
University of California, Santa Barbara
Marine Science Institute
Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Richard D. Norris
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mailstop Code 23
Woods Hole, MA 02540-1541

Ursula Röhl
Universität Bremen
Fachbereich Geowissenschaften
Postfach 330 440
28334 Bremen
Germany

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 17, October 23, 1999, p. 260. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.