Stable oxygen isotope record and benthic foraminiferal abundances in Cretaceous sediments of Demerara Rise

• Main Authors: Friedrich, Oliver, Erbacher, Jochen, Moriya, Kazuyoshi, Wilson, Paul A, Kuhnert, Henning
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2008
• Subjects: 207-1258; 207-1260; COMPCORE; Composite Core; Joides Resolution; Leg207; North Atlantic Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.768341; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.768341

During the mid-Cretaceous period, the global subsurface oceans were relatively warm, but the origins of the high temperatures are debated. One hypothesis suggests that high sea levels and the continental configuration allowed high-salinity waters in low-latitude epicontinental shelf seas to sink and...