Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1581-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1581-2019
Research article
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13 Aug 2019
Research article |  | 13 Aug 2019

Dynamic climate-driven controls on the deposition of the Kimmeridge Clay Formation in the Cleveland Basin, Yorkshire, UK

Elizabeth Atar, Christian März, Andrew C. Aplin, Olaf Dellwig, Liam G. Herringshaw, Violaine Lamoureux-Var, Melanie J. Leng, Bernhard Schnetger, and Thomas Wagner

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Geochemical data from the Ebberston 87 Core (Cleveland Basin, Yorkshire, UK) E. Atar, C. März, A. C. Aplin, O. Dellwig, L. Herringshaw, V. Lamoureux-Var, M. J. Leng, B. Schnetger, T. Wagner https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.903744

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We present a geochemical and petrographic study of the Kimmeridge Clay Formation from the Cleveland Basin (Yorkshire, UK). Our results indicate that deposition during this interval was very dynamic and oscillated between three distinct modes of sedimentation. In line with recent modelling results, we propose that these highly dynamic conditions were driven by changes in climate, which affected continental weathering, enhanced primary productivity, and led to organic carbon enrichment.