Unusual Red Sea-Type GDGT Distributions during the Early Paleogene: A Proxy for Enhanced Salinity?

Gordon Neil Inglis1, Alexander Farnsworth2, Dan John Lunt3, Gavin L Foster4, Christopher John Hollis5, Phillip E. Jardine6 and Richard Pancost1, (1)University of Bristol, Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, Bristol, United Kingdom, (2)University of Bristol, BRIDGE, School of Geographical Sciences, Bristol, United Kingdom, (3)University of Bristol, xBRIDGE, School of Geographical Sciences, Bristol, BS8, United Kingdom, (4)University of Southampton, School of Ocean and Earth Science, Southampton, United Kingdom, (5)GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, (6)University of Münster, Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Münster, Germany
Abstract:
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