Paleoceanography of the Late Cretaceous northwestern Tethys Ocean: Seasonal upwelling or steady thermocline?

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Walliser, Eric Otto, Schöne, Bernd R.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2020
• Subjects: Research Article; Rossa; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7451568/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32853273; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238040

In this study we attempted to assess whether seasonal upwelling or a steady thermocline persisted at the western margin of the Tethys Ocean during the late Turonian–early Coniacian interval. For this scope, we employed novel and published stable oxygen isotope (δ(18)O) data of various organisms (biv...