Cretaceous oceanic anoxic event 2 triggered by a massive magmatic episode
Submitted by susan on Thu, 2008-07-17 16:54
Oceanic anoxic events (OAEs) were episodes of widespread marine anoxia during which large amounts of organic carbon were buried on the ocean floor under oxygen-deficient bottom waters. OAE2, occurring at the Cenomanian/Turonian boundary (about 93.5 Myr ago), is the most widespread and best defined OAE of the mid-Cretaceous.
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