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Orbital control on carbon cycle and oceanography in the mid-Cretaceous greenhouse

Giorgioni, M; Weissert, H; Bernasconi, S M; Hochuli, P A; Coccioni, R; Keller, C E (2012). Orbital control on carbon cycle and oceanography in the mid-Cretaceous greenhouse. Paleoceanography, 27(PA1204):1-14.

Abstract

We established a new high-resolution carbonate carbon isotope record of the Albian interval of the Marne a Fucoidi Formation (Central Apennines, Italy), which was deposited on the southern margin of the western Tethys Ocean. Bulk carbonate sampled with 10–15 cm spacing was used for the construction of a continuous carbon isotope curve through the Albian stage. Spectral analyses reveal prominent 400 kyr cyclicity in the δ13C curve, which correlates with Milankovitch long eccentricity changes. Cycles occurring in our record resemble those observed in several Cenozoic δ13C records, suggesting that a link between orbital forcing and carbon cycling existed also under mid-Cretaceous greenhouse conditions. Based on comparisons with Cenozoic eccentricity-carbon cycle links we hypothesize that 400 kyr cycles in the mid-Cretaceous were related to a fluctuating monsoonal regime, coupled with an unstable oceanic structure, which made the oceanic carbon reservoir sensitive to orbital variations. In the Tethys these oceanographic conditions lasted until the Late Albian, and then were replaced by a more stable circulation mode, less sensitive to orbital forcing.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:07 Faculty of Science > Department of Paleontology
Dewey Decimal Classification:560 Fossils & prehistoric life
Scopus Subject Areas:Physical Sciences > Oceanography
Physical Sciences > Paleontology
Uncontrolled Keywords:A link between C-cycle and orbital variations existed in the mid-Cretaceous, , Mid-Cretaceous climatic/oceanographic mechanisms similar to those of the Cenozoic, , Mid-Cretaceous oceans were sensitive to global monsoonal variations
Language:English
Date:2012
Deposited On:20 Feb 2012 13:54
Last Modified:07 Nov 2024 02:37
Publisher:American Geophysical Union (AGU)
ISSN:0883–8305
OA Status:Hybrid
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/2011PA002163
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