New insights into the thermal regime and hydrodynamics of the early Late Cretaceous Arctic

• Published in: Geological Magazine
• Main Authors: Spicer, Robert, Valdes, Paul, Hughes, Alice, Yang, Jian, Spicer, Teresa, Herman, Alexei, Farnsworth, Alexander
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS 2020
• Subjects: polar warmth; palaeoclimate; CLAMP; ecosystem; Alaska; Russia; plant fossils; Geosciences; Multidisciplinary; CENTRAL NORTH SLOPE; PALEOBOTANICAL EVIDENCE; NORTHEASTERN ASIA; GREBENKA FLORA; ARMAN FLORA; CLIMATE; TERRESTRIAL; RIVER; ANGIOSPERMS; Geology; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Okhotsk; Arman’; Grebenka; Chukotka; north slope
• Online Access: http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/21569; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756819000463

The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else of comparable size on Earth, impacting global climate feedbacks and the Arctic biota. However, a warm Arctic is not novel. The Late Cretaceous fossil record of the region enables a detailed reconstruction of polar environmental conditions, and a thrivi...