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Paleo-CO2 variation trends and the Cretaceous greenhouse climate

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EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
卷 129, 期 -, 页码 136-147

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DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.11.001

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Atmospheric CO2; Cretaceous; Stomata index; Paleosol; Geochemical model; Greenhouse climate

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  1. State Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2012CB822003]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [41272010, 41002004, 41372002]
  3. Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [KZCX2-YW-154]
  4. Team Program of Scientific Innovation and Interdisciplinary Cooperation of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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The Cretaceous was one of the most remarkable periods in geological history, with a greenhouse climate and several important geological events. Reconstructions of atmospheric CO2 using proxies are crucial for understanding the Cretaceous greenhouse. In this paper we summarize the major approaches for reconstructing CO2 based on paleobotanical or geochemical data, and synthesize the CO2 variations throughout the Cretaceous. The results show that atmospheric CO2 levels remained relatively high throughout the Cretaceous, but were lower in the early Cretaceous, highest in the mid-Cretaceous and gradually declined during the late Cretaceous. However, this overall trend was interrupted by several rapid changes associated with ocean anoxic events (OAE5) and the end-Cretaceous catastrophic event. New data on paleo-CO2 levels from paleobotanical and paleosol evidences support not only the overall trends indicated by geochemical models, but provide more precise records of the short-term fluctuations related to brief episodes of climate change. Temporal resolution within the long quiet magnetic period in the middle Cretaceous is one of the obstacles preventing us from a more comprehensive understanding of the CO2 climate linkage. But new palm-CO2 determinations and climatic data from stratigraphic sections of sediments intercalated with datable volcanic rocks will allow a better understanding of the relationships between fluctuations of atmospheric CO2, climate change, and geological events. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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