Microcodium-rich turbidites in hemipelagic sediments during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum : Evidence for extreme precipitation events in a Mediterranean climate (Río Gor section, southern Spain)
An expanded record (~14 m)of the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a transient period of extreme global warming that occurred ~56 million years ago, has been found based on calcareous nannofossil and foraminifera stratigraphy in the deep marine Río Gor section, Subbetic Zone, SE Spain. During the early Palaeogene the Subbetic Zone was situated at a mid-palaeolatitude (~32° N), in the NW ma