Paleohydrologic response to continental warming during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

► Compare high resolution records of PETM precipitation and temperature ► Initial shift to drier paleosols and lower precipitation just prior to PETM onset ► Paleosols show major drying during body of PETM when temperatures are highest ► Wetter soils during PETM recovery; wetter conditions persist after the recovery ► MAP estimates should be evaluated alongside estimates of temperature