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Million-year-scale alternation of warm–humid and semi-arid periods as a mid-latitude climate mode in the Early Jurassic (late Sinemurian, Laurasian Seaway)
Thomas Munier
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Biogéosciences, UMR 6282, uB/CNRS, Université Bourgogne
Franche-Comté, 6 Boulevard Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France
ISTeP, UMR 7193, SU/CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 4 Place Jussieu,
75005 Paris, France
Jean-François Deconinck
Biogéosciences, UMR 6282, uB/CNRS, Université Bourgogne
Franche-Comté, 6 Boulevard Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France
Pierre Pellenard
Biogéosciences, UMR 6282, uB/CNRS, Université Bourgogne
Franche-Comté, 6 Boulevard Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France
Stephen P. Hesselbo
Camborne School of Mines and the Environment and Sustainability
Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE,
UK
James B. Riding
British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK
Clemens V. Ullmann
Camborne School of Mines and the Environment and Sustainability
Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE,
UK
Cédric Bougeault
Biogéosciences, UMR 6282, uB/CNRS, Université Bourgogne
Franche-Comté, 6 Boulevard Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France
Mathilde Mercuzot
Géosciences Rennes, UMR 6118, UR/CNRS, Université Rennes 1,
Campus de Beaulieu, CS 74205 35042 Rennes CEDEX, France
Anne-Lise Santoni
Biogéosciences, UMR 6282, uB/CNRS, Université Bourgogne
Franche-Comté, 6 Boulevard Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France
Émilia Huret
Agence Nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs, Centre de Meuse/Haute-Marne, RD 960, 55290 Bure, France
Philippe Landrein
Agence Nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs, Centre de Meuse/Haute-Marne, RD 960, 55290 Bure, France
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Short summary
Clay minerals are witnesses of alteration conditions in continental environments. Lacking high-resolution data on clay minerals, this work highlights wet and semi-arid cycles at mid-latitude in the upper Sinemurian. The higher proportion of kaolinite in the upper part of the obtusum zone and in the oxynotum zone indicates an increase in hydrolysis conditions in a warmer period confirmed by carbon isotopes.
Clay minerals are witnesses of alteration conditions in continental environments. Lacking...
