New evidences of subaerial volcanism as a trigger for the Kilian event (Aptian-Albian transition) and major climatic changes from offshore Morocco (DSDP Site 545)

New insights into the palaeoenvironmental–palaeoclimatic significance and sedimentary dynamics of carbonate Lagerstätten: The lower Albian of Pietraroja (Southern Italy)

“…High‐resolution stratigraphy of the mid‐Cretaceous is pivotal to understanding how Earth's systems will function in the changing world of today (Montañez et al ., 2011; Tierney et al ., 2020; Scotese et al ., 2021). Specifically, the late Aptian–early Albian was characterized by remarkable biological turnovers, rapid climate changes and major palaeoceanographic events, coeval with reorganization of tectonic plates and a significant increase of ocean crust formation (Rodríguez‐López et al ., 2008; Trabucho‐Alexandre et al ., 2011; Hay & Floegel, 2012; Bottini & Erba, 2018; Carvalho et al ., 2019; Bottini & Faucher, 2020; Scotese, 2021; Youbi et al ., 2021; Bracquart et al ., 2022). A late Aptian–earliest Albian long‐term sea‐level lowstand (Maurer et al ., 2013; Graziano & Raspini, 2015; Graziano et al ., 2016) with cooling of surface and bottom seawater (Hu et al ., 2005; McAnena et al ., 2013; Bodin et al ., 2015; Bottini et al ., 2015; Herrle et al ., 2015) mirrored the expansion of icecaps or glaciers at high latitudes (Price, 1999; Rodríguez‐López et al ., 2016; Alley et al ., 2019; Vickers et al ., 2019).…”