A Re‐evaluation of the Plenus Cold Event, and the Links Between CO<sub>2</sub>, Temperature, and Seawater Chemistry During OAE 2
Journal: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Year: 2019

Abstract The greenhouse world of the mid‐Cretaceous (~94 Ma) was punctuated by an episode of abrupt climatic upheaval: Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. High‐resolution climate records reveal considerable changes in temperature, carbon cycling, and ocean chemistry during this climatic perturbation. In particular, an interval of cooling has been detected in the English Chalk on the basis of an invasive boreal fauna and bulk oxygen‐isotope excursions registered during the early stages of Oceanic Anoxic Even