Université de Fribourg

Late Eocene impact-induced climate and hydrological changes: Evidence from the Massignano global stratotype section and point (central Italy)

Coccioni, Rodolfo ; Frontalini, Fabrizio ; Spezzaferri, Silvia

In: Geological Society of America Special Paper, 2009, vol. 452, p. 97–118

The Eocene-Oligocene transition marks the passage from “greenhouse” conditions to an “icehouse state” with progressive global cooling starting in the early middle Eocene. The late Eocene is also characterized by a high concentration of extraterrestrial impacts, the effects of which, on living organisms and climatic changes, are still not understood. We carried out a high-resolution...