scholarly journals Spatial extent and degree of oxygen depletion in the deep proto-North Atlantic basin during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 4254-4266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niels A. G. M. van Helmond ◽  
Itzel Ruvalcaba Baroni ◽  
Appy Sluijs ◽  
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté ◽  
Caroline P. Slomp
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
Oxygen Depletion ◽  
Spatial Extent ◽  
Atlantic Basin ◽  
Oceanic Anoxic Event ◽  
North Atlantic Basin ◽  
Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 ◽  
Anoxic Event

The rhythmic expression of mid-Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 at IODP Sites U1513 and U1516 (southwest of Australia) 

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sietske Batenburg ◽  
Kara Bogus ◽  
Matthew Jones ◽  
Kenneth Macleod ◽  
Mathieu Martinez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Water Column ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Black Shales ◽  
Carbonate Content ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
Oceanic Anoxic Event ◽  
Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 ◽  
Anoxic Event

<p>The widespread deposition of organic-rich black shales during the mid-Cretaceous hothouse at ~94 Ma marked a climatic extreme that is particularly well studied in the Northern Hemisphere. The expression of Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE 2) in the NH was characterised by low oceanic oxygen concentrations, likely caused by the input of nutrients through volcanism and/or weathering in combination with a peculiar geography in which the proto-North Atlantic was semi-restricted (Jenkyns, 2010; Trabucho Alexandre et al., 2010). The extent of water column anoxia outside the North Atlantic and Tethyan domains remains poorly resolved, as few Southern Hemisphere records have been recovered that span OAE 2, and only a portion of those Indian and Pacific Ocean localities experienced anoxia and organic matter deposition (Dickson et al., 2017; Hasegawa et al., 2013).</p><p> </p><p>Here we present new results from IODP Expedition 369 offshore southwestern Australia. Sedimentary records across the Cenomanian-Turonian transition from Sites U1513 and U1516 in the Mentelle Basin (Indian Ocean) display rhythmic lithologic banding patterns. The OAE 2 interval is marked by a dramatic drop in carbonate content and the occurrence of several thin organic-rich black bands. The spacing of dark bands within a rhythmic sequence suggests a potential orbital control on organic matter deposition at our study sites. Time series analyses of high-resolution (cm-scale) elemental data from XRF-core scanning reveal the imprint of periodicities that can be confidently linked to Earth’s orbital parameters. The new OAE 2 records from Sites U1516 and U1513 allow us to i) evaluate existing time scales over the Cenomanian-Turonian transition, and ii) investigate the mechanisms leading to a recurrent lack of oxygen in the Indian Ocean.</p><p> </p><p>Climatic mechanisms translating changes in insolation to variations in organic matter deposition may have included variations in nutrient input from nearby continents and shifts in water column structure affecting local to regional stratification versus deep water formation and advection. Investigating ventilation of the deep sea during the OAE2 interval is of heightened relevance as current global warming is leading to a worldwide expansion of oxygen minimum zones (Pörtner et al., 2019).</p><p> </p><p>References:</p><p>Dickson, A.J., et al., 2017. Sedimentology 64, 186–203.</p><p>Hasegawa, et al., 2013. Cretaceous Research 40, 61–80.</p><p>Jenkyns, H.C., 2010. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 11, Q03004.</p><p>Pörtner, H.O., et al., 2019. IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Geneva, Switzerland.</p><p>Trabucho Alexandre, J., et al., 2010. Paleoceanography 25, PA</p>

scholarly journals Orbital forcing of organic carbon burial in the proto-North Atlantic during oceanic anoxic event 2

2004 ◽  
Vol 228 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 465-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel M.M. Kuypers ◽  
Lucas J. Lourens ◽  
W. Irene C. Rijpstra ◽  
Richard D. Pancost ◽  
Ivar A. Nijenhuis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Orbital Forcing ◽  
Oceanic Anoxic Event ◽  
Carbon Burial ◽  
Organic Carbon Burial ◽  
Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 ◽  
Anoxic Event

scholarly journals Late Cretaceous marine biodiversity dynamics in the Eastern Caucasus, northern Neo-Tethys ocean: Regional imprints of global events

2011 ◽  
pp. 29-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry Ruban ◽  
Astrid Forster ◽  
Delphine Desmares
Keyword(s):  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
Oxygen Depletion ◽  
Marine Biodiversity ◽  
Oceanic Anoxic Event ◽  
Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 ◽  
Anoxic Event ◽  
Global Events ◽  
Stratigraphic Ranges ◽  
Tethys Ocean

During the Late Cretaceous, marine organisms experienced significant changes in their biodiversity. These diversity changes were influenced, particularly, by the Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 near the Cenomanian/Turonian boundary (93.6 Ma). Here, stratigraphic ranges of 80 marine macroinvertebrate genera (cephalopods, brachiopods, gastropods, corals, and echinoids) were employed to assess the Late Cretaceous biodiversity dynamics in the Eastern Caucasus, which covered a large region located in the northern Neo-Tethys Ocean. Our results outline three prominent diversity minima, which occurred in the late Cenomanian-late Turonian, the early Santonian-late Campanian, and the late Maastrichtian. Probably, the latter two were just local. Despite of some differences in trends between the regional and global marine biodiversity dynamics, the late Cenomanian-late Turonian biotic crisis appeared both on the regional and global scales and was probably a long-term consequence of the Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. Oxygen depletion and eustaticallydriven shoreline shifts are considered as plausible causes of the observed biodiversity dynamics.

The nitrogen isotope composition of sediments from the proto-North Atlantic during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 923-937 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Ruvalcaba Baroni ◽  
N. A. G. M. van Helmond ◽  
I. Tsandev ◽  
J. J. Middelburg ◽  
C. P. Slomp
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
Isotope Composition ◽  
Nitrogen Isotope ◽  
Oceanic Anoxic Event ◽  
Nitrogen Isotope Composition ◽  
Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 ◽  
Anoxic Event
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