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Precessional pacing of tropical ocean carbon export during the Late Cretaceous
Ji-Eun Kim
School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM), University of
Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Laia Alegret
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Anna Joy Drury
Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
Ursula Röhl
Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM), University of
Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Elizabeth M. Griffith
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Short summary
This study attempts to gain a better understanding of the marine biological carbon pump and ecosystem functioning under warmer-than-today conditions. Our records from marine sediments show the Pacific tropical marine biological carbon pump was driven by variations in seasonal insolation in the tropics during the Late Cretaceous and may play a key role in modulating climate and the carbon cycle globally in the future.
This study attempts to gain a better understanding of the marine biological carbon pump and...
