期刊
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
卷 392, 期 -, 页码 350-358出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.09.013
关键词
TEX86; Late Santonian cooling; Late Cretaceous upwelling system; Sea surface temperature; Southern Tethys
资金
- GIF-The German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development [956-38.8/2007]
- LOEWE funding program (Landes-Offensive zur Entwicklung wissenschaftlich-okonomischer Exzellenz) of Hesses's Ministry of higher Education, Research, and Arts
Late Cretaceous sea surface temperatures (SSTs) were reconstructed based on TEX86 data from the unique high productivity upwelling system in the Southern Tethys margin, Israel. SSTs were determined from two oil shale sequences of the Santonian-early Maastrichtian (similar to 85 to 68 Ma) in southern (Efe Syncline) and central (Shefela basin) Israel (paleo latitude 8-15 degrees N). These two sampling sites represent the inner and outer belts of the upwelling system. Our TEX86 data indicate a significant long-term SST cooling trend from 36.0 to 29.3 degrees C during the late Santonian and the early Campanian in the Southern Tethys margin consistent with the opening of the Equatorial Atlantic Gateway (EAG). Based on our data from the equatorial region and literature data from the polar region we reassessed the equator to pole SST gradient to 22 degrees C. This value is closer to the modern ocean equator-to-pole SST gradient (30 C) than suggested from previous studies. Furthermore, the SST data suggests the presence of cooler surface water in the inner belt (27.7 degrees C) caused by the upwelling system and warmer surface water (29.2 degrees C) further seaward in the outer belt. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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