Fire in a Weichselia-dominated coastal ecosystem from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) of the Kurnub Group in NW Jordan

Hamad, Abdalla M.B. Abu; Amireh, Belal S.; Atfy, Haytham El; Jasper, André; Uhl, Dieter

doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.06.001

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“…A comparable co-occurrence of anatomically comparable, charred fern rachisfragments and Weichselia reticulata fronds has previously been described from other Cretaceous localities (e.g. Abu Hamad et al 2016a).…”

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confidence: 71%

“…Similar accumulations of charred fern remains attributed to Paradoxopteris/Weichselia reticulata, are known from other Cretaceous deposits (e.g. Harris 1958Harris , 1981Alvin 1974;Brown et al 2012;Sender et al 2015;Abu Hamad et al 2016a), and experimental work on different potential sources of fuel for Cretaceous fires showed that many ferns are highly flammable and may support rapidly spreading fires (e.g. Harris 1981;Belcher and Hudspith 2017).…”

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confidence: 54%

“…This higher flammability of Cretaceous vegetation is also Based on plant macroremains (mainly impressions, root traces and permineralised remains), Lacovara et al (2003) and El-Saadawi et al (2016) interpreted the palaeoflora of the Bahariya Formation as mainly representing a mangrove, an interpretation supported by the occurrence of typical mangrove-dwelling crabs (Schweitzer et al 2003). It is possible that the charred ferns from Chl 3 were growing in a comparable coastal (mangrove or mangrove-like) ecosystem, as it has been assumed for another deposit also containing abundant fern-charcoal probably related to Paradoxopteris from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of Jordan (Abu Hamad et al 2016a). A number of authors (e.g.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…In the last few years, a number of studies (e.g. Manfroi et al 2015;Muir et al 2015;Abu Hamad et al 2016a, 2016bCarpenter et al 2016;dos Santos et al 2016;El Atfy et al 2016;Martill et al 2012;Lima et al 2019) have already demonstrated that the Cretaceous wildfires were more frequent on the southern continents than previously reported in the literature (e.g. Brown et al 2012).…”

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confidence: 93%

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Repeated occurrence of palaeo-wildfires during deposition of the Bahariya Formation (early Cenomanian) of Egypt

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The Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) Bahariya Formation of Egypt has an outstanding reputation for its wealth of vertebrate remains, including a variety of iconic dinosaurs, like the carnivorous Spinosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus, as well as the herbivorous Aegyptosaurus and Paralititan. Besides these dinosaur fossils, the Bahariya Formation yielded also a wealth of invertebrate and plant remains, but even today many aspects concerning the continental palaeoenvironments reflected in these deposits (including the occurrence of palaeo-wildfires) have not been studied in detail. So far six distinct macro-charcoal bearing levels could be identified within the type section of the Bahariya Formation at Gabal El Dist profile, one of the most prolific outcrops of this formation in terms of fossil occurrence located in the north of the Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Most of the charcoal investigated by means of SEM originates from ferns, pointing to a considerable proportion of this plant group within the palaeo-ecosystems that experienced fires. Gymnosperms and (putative) angiosperms have less frequently been identified. The collected data present evidence that the landscapes at the northern shores of Gondwana repeatedly experienced palaeo-wildfires, adding extra proof to previous statements that the Late Cretaceous was a fiery world on a global scale.

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Repeated occurrence of palaeo-wildfires during deposition of the Bahariya Formation (early Cenomanian) of Egypt

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“…Coal seams of this period are widely distributed around the world (Brown et al 2012). Previous research on wildfires in coal mainly investigated coals in the northern hemisphere (North America, Europe, India, and Asia) (Uhl and Kerp 2003;Hamad et al 2016;Jasper et al 2017). Wildfires were widespread and frequent during large parts of the Cretaceous, and thus the Cretaceous has been considered as a high frequency interval of wildfires in Earth's history (Bond and Scott 2010;Diessel 2010;Brown et al 2012).…”

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Characteristics of Early Cretaceous wildfires in peat-forming environment, NE China

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Inertinite maceral compositions in coals from the Early Cretaceous Erlian, Hailar, and Sanjiang Basins in NE China are analyzed in order to reveal palaeowildfire events and palaeoclimate variations. Although huminite is the dominant maceral group in the studied basins, the inertinite group, as a byproduct of palaeowildfires, makes up a considerable proportion. Occurrence of inertinite macerals indicates that wildfires were widespread and frequent, and supports the opinion that the Early Cretaceous was a "high-fire" interval. Inertinite contents vary from 0.2% to 85.0%, mostly within the range of 10%-45%, and a model-based calculation suggests that the atmospheric oxygen levels during the Aptian and Albian (Early Cretaceous) were around 24.7% and 25.3% respectively. Frequent fire activity during Early Cretaceous has been previously related to higher atmospheric oxygen concentrations. The inertinite reflectance, ranging from 0.58%Ro to 2.00%Ro, indicates that the palaeowildfire in the Early Cretaceous was dominated by ground fires, partially reaching-surface fires. These results further support that the Cretaceous earliest angiosperms from NE China were growing in elevated O 2 conditions compared to the present day.

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Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) Wildfires in the Araripe Basin, Northeast Brazil: Palaeoclimatic and Palaeoenvironmental Implications

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Fire in a Weichselia-dominated coastal ecosystem from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) of the Kurnub Group in NW Jordan

Cited by 24 publications

References 44 publications

Repeated occurrence of palaeo-wildfires during deposition of the Bahariya Formation (early Cenomanian) of Egypt

Repeated occurrence of palaeo-wildfires during deposition of the Bahariya Formation (early Cenomanian) of Egypt

Characteristics of Early Cretaceous wildfires in peat-forming environment, NE China

Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) Wildfires in the Araripe Basin, Northeast Brazil: Palaeoclimatic and Palaeoenvironmental Implications

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