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Dynamic climate-driven controls on the deposition of the Kimmeridge Clay Formation in the Cleveland Basin, Yorkshire, UK
Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
Christian März
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
Andrew C. Aplin
Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
Olaf Dellwig
Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Marine Geology, Seestrasse 15, 18119 Rostock, Germany
Liam G. Herringshaw
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, UK
Violaine Lamoureux-Var
IFP Energies Nouvelles, Geosciences Division, 1 et 4 Avenue de
Bois-Préau, 92852 Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, France
Melanie J. Leng
National Environmental Isotope Facility, British Geological Survey,
Nottingham, NG12 5GG, UK
Centre for Environmental Geochemistry, School of
Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus,
Leicestershire, UK
Bernhard Schnetger
ICMB, Oldenburg University, P.O. Box 2503, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany
Thomas Wagner
Lyell Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK
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Wolf Dummann, Sebastian Steinig, Peter Hofmann, Matthias Lenz, Stephanie Kusch, Sascha Flögel, Jens Olaf Herrle, Christian Hallmann, Janet Rethemeyer, Haino Uwe Kasper, and Thomas Wagner
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Clim. Past, 12, 429–438, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-429-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-429-2016, 2016
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Short summary
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.
We present a geochemical and petrographic study of the Kimmeridge Clay Formation from the...
