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PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
卷 618, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111496
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Cretaceous; Prasinophytes; Steranes; Organic geochemistry
Oceanic Anoxic Events (OAEs) are important geological events that may be similar to future climate-driven deoxygenation of the oceans. This study examines sediments from the Cenomanian-Turonian age in the Western Interior Seaway (WIS) to investigate changing redox and ecological conditions. The results show heterogeneity across different sites but reveal important relationships and trends among oceanographic variables. The findings suggest that local effects, such as nutrient-driven expansion of the oxygen minimum zone and sedimentation-driven anoxia, have influenced regional trends.
Oceanic Anoxic Events (OAEs) are important geological events that may be analogues to future climate-driven deoxygenation of our oceans. Much of the global ocean experienced anoxic conditions during the Cenomanian-Turonian OAE (OAE2; -94 Ma), whereas the Western Interior Seaway (WIS) experienced oxygenation at this time. Here, organic geochemical and palynological data generated from Cenomanian-Turonian age sediments from five sites in the WIS are used to investigate changing redox and ecological conditions across differing palaeoenvironments and palaeolatitudes. Heterogeneity across the sites is apparent, but important relationships and trends among oceanographic variables are recognised: 1) Increasing total organic carbon (TOC) and CaCO3 percentages indicate the onset of a sea-level maximum towards the end of OAE2; 2) C28 sterane is shown to be a useful marker for prasinophyte abundance, and concurrent increases in this marker and overall sterane abundance indicate prasinophyte-driven increase in algal productivity in a stratified water column; and 3) sterane ratios can be a more reliable geochemical proxy than redox proxies for assessing the Benthic Oxic Zone. Our redox data do not always follow established trends for the WIS overall, particularly for proximal settings. We therefore surmise that local effects, such as nutrient-driven expansion of the oxygen minimum zone and/or sedimentation-driven anoxia just below the sediment-water interface, have overprinted regional trends.
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