Early Cretaceous life, climate and anoxia

KB Föllmi - Cretaceous Research, 2012 - Elsevier
Early Cretaceous life and the environment were strongly influenced by the accelerated
break up of Pangaea, which was associated with the formation of a multitude of rift basins …

Transient cooling episodes during Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Events with special reference to OAE 1a (Early Aptian)

HC Jenkyns - … Transactions of the Royal Society A …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The two major oceanic anoxic events of the Cretaceous, those of the Early Aptian (OAE 1a)
and the Cenomanian–Turonian boundary (OAE 2), registered some of the highest …

Global perturbation of the carbon cycle at the onset of the Miocene Climatic Optimum

A Holbourn, W Kuhnt, KGD Kochhann… - …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Miocene Climatic Optimum (MCO; ca. 17–14.7 Ma) represents one of several
major interruptions in the long-term cooling trend of the past 50 my To date, the processes …

New marine data and age accuracy of the Romualdo Formation, Araripe Basin, Brazil

RM Melo, J Guzmán, D Almeida-Lima, EK Piovesan… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
A combined biostratigraphic and palaeoecological study of foraminifera, ostracodes and
microfacies was carried out on the Aptian in the Sítio Sobradinho section of the Araripe …

Warm Middle Jurassic–Early Cretaceous high-latitude sea-surface temperatures from the Southern Ocean

HC Jenkyns, L Schouten-Huibers, S Schouten… - Climate of the …, 2012 - cp.copernicus.org
Although a division of the Phanerozoic climatic modes of the Earth into" greenhouse" and"
icehouse" phases is widely accepted, whether or not polar ice developed during the …

Environmental consequences of Ontong Java Plateau and Kerguelen plateau volcanism

E Erba, RA Duncan, C Bottini, D Tiraboschi… - Geol. Soc. Am …, 2015 - books.google.com
The mid-Cretaceous was marked by emplacement of large igneous provinces (LIPs) that
formed gigantic oceanic plateaus, affecting ecosystems on a global scale, with biota forced …

Climate variability and ocean fertility during the Aptian Stage

C Bottini, E Erba, D Tiraboschi, HC Jenkyns… - Climate of the …, 2015 - cp.copernicus.org
Several studies have been conducted to reconstruct temperature variations across the
Aptian Stage, particularly during early Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE) 1a. There is a …

Gradual and sustained carbon dioxide release during Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a

BDA Naafs, JM Castro, GA De Gea, ML Quijano… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract During the Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a, about 120 million years ago, black
shales were deposited in all the main ocean basins. The event was also associated with …

Determining the style and provenance of magmatic activity during the Early Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 1a)

LME Percival, LR Tedeschi, RA Creaser… - Global and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Large igneous province (LIP) volcanism has been proposed as a key trigger of several
major climate and environmental perturbations during the Phanerozoic Aeon. Large-scale …

Cretaceous large igneous provinces: from volcanic formation to environmental catastrophes and biological crises

LME Percival, H Matsumoto, S Callegaro… - Geological Society …, 2025 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The Cretaceous Period was marked by the formation of numerous large igneous
provinces (LIPs), several of which were associated with geologically rapid climate …