Articles | Volume 13, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-855-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-855-2017
Research article
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14 Jul 2017
Research article |  | 14 Jul 2017

Water-mass evolution in the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway of North America and equatorial Atlantic

James S. Eldrett, Paul Dodsworth, Steven C. Bergman, Milly Wright, and Daniel Minisini

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This contribution integrates new data on the main components of organic matter, geochemistry, and stable isotopes for the Cenomanian to Coniacian stages of the Late Cretaceous, along a north–south transect from the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway to the equatorial western Atlantic and Southern Ocean. Distinct palynological assemblages and geochemical signatures allow insights into palaeoenvironmental conditions and water-mass evolution during this greenhouse climate period.