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05 Mar 2015
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Climate variability and ocean fertility during the Aptian Stage
Department of Earth Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
Department of Earth Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
D. Tiraboschi
Department of Earth Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
H. C. Jenkyns
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3AN, UK
S. Schouten
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Marine Organic Biogeochemistry, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg Texel, the Netherlands
J. S. Sinninghe Damsté
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Marine Organic Biogeochemistry, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg Texel, the Netherlands
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B. Veuger, A. Pitcher, S. Schouten, J. S. Sinninghe Damsté, and J. J. Middelburg
Biogeosciences, 10, 1775–1785, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1775-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1775-2013, 2013
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Subject: Proxy Use-Development-Validation | Archive: Marine Archives | Timescale: Pre-Cenozoic
Clumped-isotope-derived climate trends leading up to the end-Cretaceous mass extinction in northwestern Europe
Clumped isotope evidence for Early Jurassic extreme polar warmth and high climate sensitivity
Technical note: Lithium isotopes in dolostone as a palaeo-environmental proxy – an experimental approach
An assessment of latest Cretaceous Pycnodonte vesicularis (Lamarck, 1806) shells as records for palaeoseasonality: a multi-proxy investigation
Warm Middle Jurassic–Early Cretaceous high-latitude sea-surface temperatures from the Southern Ocean
Heidi E. O'Hora, Sierra V. Petersen, Johan Vellekoop, Matthew M. Jones, and Serena R. Scholz
Clim. Past, 18, 1963–1982, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1963-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1963-2022, 2022
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At the end of the Cretaceous period, massive volcanism in India emitted enough carbon dioxide into the atmosphere to warm the climate globally above an already warm background state. We reconstruct late Cretaceous seawater temperatures much warmer than today using the chemistry of fossil oysters from the modern-day Netherlands and Belgium. Covariations in temperature and water chemistry indicate changing ocean circulation patterns, potentially related to fluctuating sea level in this region.
Thomas Letulle, Guillaume Suan, Mathieu Daëron, Mikhail Rogov, Christophe Lécuyer, Arnauld Vinçon-Laugier, Bruno Reynard, Gilles Montagnac, Oleg Lutikov, and Jan Schlögl
Clim. Past, 18, 435–448, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-435-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-435-2022, 2022
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In this study, we applied geochemical tools to well-preserved ∼180-million-year-old marine mollusc shells from polar and mid-latitude seas. These results indicate that polar shells grew at temperatures of 8–18°C, while mid-latitude shells grew at temperatures of 24–28°C. These results, together with previously published data, raise concerns about the ability of climate models to predict accurate polar temperatures under reasonably high atmospheric CO2 levels.
Holly L. Taylor, Isaac J. Kell Duivestein, Juraj Farkas, Martin Dietzel, and Anthony Dosseto
Clim. Past, 15, 635–646, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-635-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-635-2019, 2019
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Approximately 600 million years ago, major environmental changes set the course for the emergence of animal life. Lithium (Li) isotopes in calcium carbonates can be used as a proxy to understand changes in the palaeo-environment. We conducted experiments that allow us to use Li isotopes in dolostones to extend our understanding of palaeo-environmental changes deeper into the geological record, where other calcium carbonates archives are not present.
Niels J. de Winter, Johan Vellekoop, Robin Vorsselmans, Asefeh Golreihan, Jeroen Soete, Sierra V. Petersen, Kyle W. Meyer, Silvio Casadio, Robert P. Speijer, and Philippe Claeys
Clim. Past, 14, 725–749, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-725-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-725-2018, 2018
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In this work, we apply a range of methods to measure the geochemical composition of the calcite from fossil shells of Pycnodonte vesicularis (so-called honeycomb oysters). The goal is to investigate how the composition of these shells reflect the environment in which the animals grew. Ultimately, we propose a methodology to check whether the shells of pycnodonte oysters are well-preserved and to reconstruct meaningful information about the seasonal changes in the past climate and environment.
H. C. Jenkyns, L. Schouten-Huibers, S. Schouten, and J. S. Sinninghe Damsté
Clim. Past, 8, 215–226, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-215-2012, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-215-2012, 2012
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