Late Cretaceous extinction patterns in Antarctica
New correlations of marine clastic sedimentary rocks exposed within the James Ross Basin, Antarctica have shown that the mid-to late Cretaceous succession is in excess of 5 km thick. Plotting the ranges of the principal molluscan macrofossils against the revised stratigaphy indicates that inoceramid...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:515009 2023-05-15T13:49:33+02:00 Late Cretaceous extinction patterns in Antarctica Crame, J.A. Lomas, S.A. Pirrie, D. Luther, A. 1996-08 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515009/ https://doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.153.4.0503 unknown Geological Society of London Crame, J.A. orcid:0000-0002-5027-9965 Lomas, S.A.; Pirrie, D.; Luther, A. 1996 Late Cretaceous extinction patterns in Antarctica. Journal of the Geological Society, 153 (4). 503-506. https://doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.153.4.0503 <https://doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.153.4.0503> Publication - Article PeerReviewed 1996 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.153.4.0503 2023-02-04T19:43:48Z New correlations of marine clastic sedimentary rocks exposed within the James Ross Basin, Antarctica have shown that the mid-to late Cretaceous succession is in excess of 5 km thick. Plotting the ranges of the principal molluscan macrofossils against the revised stratigaphy indicates that inoceramid bivalves are totally absent, and dimitobelid belemnites extremely rare, throughout an extensive 1400 m thick Maastrichtian succession. These early extinction patterns are interpreted to be due to both a regional shallowing event and a pronounced phase of high-latitude, Campanian–Maastrichtian cooling. Cool polar bottom waters may have been forming by as early as mid- to late Campanian times. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Antarctica Journal Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Journal of the Geological Society 153 4 503 506 |
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New correlations of marine clastic sedimentary rocks exposed within the James Ross Basin, Antarctica have shown that the mid-to late Cretaceous succession is in excess of 5 km thick. Plotting the ranges of the principal molluscan macrofossils against the revised stratigaphy indicates that inoceramid bivalves are totally absent, and dimitobelid belemnites extremely rare, throughout an extensive 1400 m thick Maastrichtian succession. These early extinction patterns are interpreted to be due to both a regional shallowing event and a pronounced phase of high-latitude, Campanian–Maastrichtian cooling. Cool polar bottom waters may have been forming by as early as mid- to late Campanian times. |
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Late Cretaceous extinction patterns in Antarctica |
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Late Cretaceous extinction patterns in Antarctica |
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