Evidence for changes in sea-surface circulation patterns and ~20° equatorward expansion of the Boreal bioprovince during a cold snap of Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (Late Cretaceous)

• Published in: Global and Planetary Change
• Main Authors: Falzoni F., Petrizzo M. R.
• Other Authors: F. Falzoni, M.R. Petrizzo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: Cenomanian–Turonian boundary interval; Cretaceous supergreenhouse; Oceanic Anoxic Event 2; planktonic foraminifera; Plenus Cold Event; Praeactinocamax plenus; Settore GEO/01 - Paleontologia e Paleoecologia; Norwegian Sea; Chevalier; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2434/900832; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103678

The Plenus Cold Event (PCE) temporarily interrupted the supergreenhouse conditions exacerbated during much of the Cenomanian–Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE 2). The PCE is coeval to the occurrence of Boreal benthic macroinvertebrates and of the nektonic belemnite Praeactinocamax plenus (after w...