Cretaceous oceanic anoxic event 2 triggered by a massive magmatic episode

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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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Oceans and Seas
Climate Change
Climate Science
Carbon Sequestration
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Climate Change
Author: 
teven C. Turgeon
Robert A. Creaser
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Nature
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http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v454/n7202/pdf/nature07076.pdf
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Publication Date: 
17/07/2008