The Cenomanian- Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event, II. Palaeoceanographic controls on organic-matter production and preservation.

M. A. Arthur, S. O. Schlanger, H. C. Jenkyns

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Abstract

The OAE coincided with a maximum sea level highstand. Sea level, which may be responding to some volcano-tectonic event, is the common link and ultimately the driving force for orgC deposition in globally distributed basins under different climatic and ocean circulation regimes. -from Authors

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)401-420
Number of pages20
JournalUnknown Journal
StatePublished - 1987

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Environmental Science
  • General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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