Isotopic studies in cretaceous research
By: edited by A.-V. Bojar, University of Salzburg, Austria, M.C. Melinte-Dobrinescu, Geoecomar, Romania and J. Smit, Department of Sedimentary Geology, The Netherlands
Series: Geological Society special publication -- no. 382
Publisher: The Geological Society
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9781862393646
Subjects: Isotope geology; Stratigraphic Geology
Description: The Cretaceous was a period characterized by very warm climate, oceanic anoxic and oxic events and enhanced volcanic activity. The end of the Cretaceous is punctuated by a well-documented meteoric impact and the extinction of, among other groups, the dinosaurs. This volume elucidates various aspects of Cretaceous marine and continental environmental conditions. The articles in this book present a broad range of interdisciplinary contributions, which are grouped into sections on marine environments (including anoxic and oxic events, volcanism and the Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary); mixed marine-freshwater environments and continental records. The isotopic data are combined with further geochemical, palaeontological, lithological and mineralogical proxies. The interdisciplinary approach offered here gives a solid investigation base for this fascinating period. There are examples from Europe, Asia, South and North America, and from the Early Cretaceous to the Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.