Evolution of middle to Late Cretaceous oceans—A 55 m.y. record of Earth's temperature and carbon cycle

Friedrich, Oliver; Norris, Richard D.; Erbacher, Jochen

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“…3). The formation of Cretaceous silcretes at such high palaeolatitudes suggests an upward warming trend, consistent with palaeotemperature estimates for the early Cretaceous (e.g., Huber et al, 1995Huber et al, , 2002Friedrich et al, 2012). Apart from their widespread occurrence, which is anomalous, Cretaceous silcretes are no different from those formed during other geologic ages in terms of morphology and chemical composition.…”

Section: Jurassic To Cenozoic Silcrete Depositssupporting

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Widespread Development of Silcrete in the Cretaceous and Evolution of the Poaceae Family of Grass Plants

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2016

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The Cretaceous period, which is considered one of the most remarkable periods in Earth's history, saw episodes of abrupt greenhouse warming and cooling. The Cretaceous was also exceptional in that it was associated with the widespread occurrence of silcrete. To demonstrate this, the present study collated records of silcrete occurrences from the Jurassic to the present and compared them with records of variation in palaeotemperature and atmospheric CO 2 levels. Quartz solubility, which is one of the key factors that controls the rate of silcrete development, was also calculated over the same period. The results demonstrate that a marked increase (approximately 100%) in quartz solubility occurred during the Cretaceous. This was found to be a direct consequence of the extreme global warmth witnessed at that time. Furthermore, this study shows that silcrete occurrences are consistent with records of palaeotemperature and that silcretes have formed mostly in regions that have experienced warm climatic conditions, with no instances found in polar regions. The Poaceae family of grass plants are known to have evolved and diversified during the Cretaceous, which coincide with the period when silica was readily available. X-ray spectra and backscattered images from SEM examination of the internal structure of a modern wild grass (which belongs to the Poaceae family of grass plants) reveals that silica is an important constituent of the grass. This suggest a possible link between evolution of the Poaceae family in the Cretaceous and the high availability of silica during the Cretaceous.

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Section: Jurassic To Cenozoic Silcrete Depositssupporting

confidence: 59%

Widespread Development of Silcrete in the Cretaceous and Evolution of the Poaceae Family of Grass Plants

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“…Studies have also extended to the high Arctic (Herrle et al, 2015) and the eastern Tethys in China (Li et al, 2016). Short-term disruptions to this warm and equable climate mode have been suggested, including interludes of global cooling ("cold snap") around the AptianAlbian transition (Pirrie et al, 2004;Mutterlose et al, 2009;McAnena et al, 2013) and brief warming events in the late Albian (Erbacher et al, 2011;Friedrich et al, 2012). In a boreal epicontinental setting, Erbacher et al (2011) inferred the existence of significant short-term changes of temperature (6-7 • C) in the late Albian of northwestern Germany, based on δ 18 O and Mg / Ca analysis of glassy foraminifera.…”

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“…In a boreal epicontinental setting, Erbacher et al (2011) inferred the existence of significant short-term changes of temperature (6-7 • C) in the late Albian of northwestern Germany, based on δ 18 O and Mg / Ca analysis of glassy foraminifera. A broader compilation of benthic foraminifera data (δ 13 C and δ 18 O) shows an increasing palaeotemperature trend from the middle to late Albian suggested to be related to the formation of warm, saline bottom waters in the southern high latitudes, proto-North Atlantic Ocean, and Pacific Ocean (Friedrich et al, 2012). This work presents a multi-proxy examination of the Gault Clay within the Anglo-Paris Basin.…”

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“…Our understanding of Albian palaeoclimates largely comes from studying short-term perturbations in the global carbon cycle, known as oceanic anoxic events 1b, 1c, and 1d (e.g., Leckie et al, 2002;Galeotti et al, 2003;Giraud et al, 2003;Herrle et al, , 2004Jenkyns, 2010;Coccioni et al, 2014) using geochemical data (carbon and oxygen isotopes) and often related to biotic turnovers among marine planktonic and benthic organisms from pelagic deep-sea drilling sites and/or the proto-North Atlantic and western Tethys epicontinental basins (e.g., Erbacher et al, 1999;Herrle and Mutterlose, 2003;Watkins et al, 2005;Wagner et al, 2007Wagner et al, , 2008Huber and Leckie, 2011;Friedrich et al, 2012). Studies have also extended to the high Arctic (Herrle et al, 2015) and the eastern Tethys in China (Li et al, 2016).…”

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A brief warming event in the late Albian: evidence from calcareous nannofossils, macrofossils, and isotope geochemistry of the Gault Clay Formation, Folkestone, southeastern England

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J. Micropalaeontol.

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Abstract. This paper documents a warming event across the middle-upper Albian interval in a ∼ 22 m long section from the Gault Clay Formation of Copt Point, Folkestone (UK). Evidence for the event comes from three independent datasets: calcareous nannofossils, ammonites, and the bulk sediment carbon and oxygen stable isotope record, which collectively indicate a brief period (∼ 500 kyr) of significant surface water warming (in excess of 6 • C) at around 107.5 Ma (the base of the Dipoloceras cristatum Ammonite Zone). A surface water productivity increase based on high percentages of the eutrophic nannofossil Zeugrhabdotus noeliae is found to be concomitant with this warming event, suggesting that surface waters were nutrient-rich and the warming was associated with increased precipitation and run-off, delivering more nutrients into the basin.

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“…At about 95 Ma the Equatorial Atlantic Gateway opened, and the gateway continued to enlarge allowing for enhanced exchange of southern waters with the North Atlantic Basin, perhaps leading to a global cooling of bottom water and the end of the Cretaceous greenhouse period (Friedrich et al, 2012;Granot and Dyment, 2015). However, basin-to-basin differences in water properties are not well resolved, including the character of the South Atlantic waters that flooded the North Atlantic Basin (Friedrich et al, 2012).…”

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IODP workshop: developing scientific drilling proposals for the Argentina Passive Volcanic Continental Margin (APVCM) – basin evolution, deep biosphere, hydrates, sediment dynamics and ocean evolution

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Abstract. The Argentine margin contains important sedimentological, paleontological and chemical records of regional and local tectonic evolution, sea level, climate evolution and ocean circulation since the opening of the South Atlantic in the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous as well as the present-day results of post-depositional chemical and biological alteration. Despite its important location, which underlies the exchange of southern-and northern-sourced water masses, the Argentine margin has not been investigated in detail using scientific drilling techniques, perhaps because the margin has the reputation of being erosional. However, a number of papers published since 2009 have reported new high-resolution and/or multichannel seismic surveys, often combined with multi-beam bathymetric data, which show the common occurrence of layered sediments and prominent sediment drifts on the Argentine and adjacent Uruguayan margins. There has also been significant progress in studying the climatic records in surficial and near-surface sediments recovered in sediment cores from the Argentine margin. Encouraged by these recent results, our 3.5-day IODP (International Ocean Discovery Program) workshop in Buenos Aires (8-11 September 2015) focused on opportunities for scientific drilling on the Atlantic margin of Argentina, which lies beneath a key portion of the global ocean conveyor belt of thermohaline circulation. Significant opportunities exist to study the tectonic evolution, paleoceanography and stratigraphy, sedimentology, and biosphere and geochemistry of this margin.

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Evolution of middle to Late Cretaceous oceans—A 55 m.y. record of Earth's temperature and carbon cycle

Cited by 434 publications

References 28 publications

Widespread Development of Silcrete in the Cretaceous and Evolution of the Poaceae Family of Grass Plants

Widespread Development of Silcrete in the Cretaceous and Evolution of the Poaceae Family of Grass Plants

A brief warming event in the late Albian: evidence from calcareous nannofossils, macrofossils, and isotope geochemistry of the Gault Clay Formation, Folkestone, southeastern England

IODP workshop: developing scientific drilling proposals for the Argentina Passive Volcanic Continental Margin (APVCM) – basin evolution, deep biosphere, hydrates, sediment dynamics and ocean evolution

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