Controls on Early Cretaceous South Atlantic Ocean circulation and carbon burial – a climate model-proxy synthesis

• Main Authors: Steinig, Sebastian, Dummann, Wolf, Hofmann, Peter, Frank, Martin, Park, Wonsun, Wagner, Thomas, Flögel, Sascha
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications (EGU) 2023
• Subjects: Drake Passage; Falkland Plateau; Georgia Basin; Southern Ocean; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/59573/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/59573/1/egusphere-2023-2732.pdf; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/59573/2/egusphere-2023-2732-supplement.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2732

Black shale sediments from the Barremian to Aptian South Atlantic document intense and widespread burial of marine organic carbon during the initial stages of seafloor spreading between Africa and South America. The enhanced sequestration of atmospheric CO2 makes these young ocean basins potential d...