Articles | Volume 17, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1607-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1607-2021
Research article
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03 Aug 2021
Research article |  | 03 Aug 2021

Aptian–Albian clumped isotopes from northwest China: cool temperatures, variable atmospheric pCO2 and regional shifts in the hydrologic cycle

Dustin T. Harper, Marina B. Suarez, Jessica Uglesich, Hailu You, Daqing Li, and Peter Dodson

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Data and Code for Aptian-Albian clumped isotopes from northwest China: Cool temperatures, variable atmospheric pCO2 and regional shifts in hydrologic cycle Dustin T. Harper, Marina B. Suarez, Jessica Uglesich, Hailu You, Daqing Li, and Peter Dodson https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/CZJ68

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This study investigates the coupling of climate and the carbon and hydrologic cycles in Asia ~ 113 million years ago to provide a more complete continental perspective on a dynamic climate interval associated with global ocean anoxic events. We find relatively cool conditions and a close coupling between the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, air temperature and rainfall in Asia. To quantify these shifts, chemical measurements from continental soils which formed during this interval are utilized.