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Climatic and Environmental Changes During Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in Egypt: An Overview

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During the last decades, Egypt became a focal point for studying the climate and paleoenvironmental changes during the late Paleocene early of Eocene that is known as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM). This chapter sheds light on the climatic and paleoenvironmental changes recorded from the Egyptian sedimentary record, based on: biostratigraphy, sedimentology, and geochemistry. We also introduce a complete raw data set of Dababiya Global Stratigraphic Section and Point.

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Khozyem, H., Adatte, T., Keller, G. (2023). Climatic and Environmental Changes During Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in Egypt: An Overview. In: Hamimi, Z., et al. The Phanerozoic Geology and Natural Resources of Egypt. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95637-0_12

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