Oceanic anoxic events (OAEs) record profound changes in the climatic and
paleoceanographic state of the planet and represent major disturbances in the global …

Early Cretaceous life and the environment were strongly influenced by the accelerated
break up of Pangaea, which was associated with the formation of a multitude of rift basins …

Abstract Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) can have a significant global climatic effect as
monitored by sedimentary trace and isotopic compositions that record paleo …

Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …

During the mid-Cretaceous, the Earth experienced several environmental perturbations,
including an extremely warm climate and Oceanic Anoxic Events (OAEs). Submarine …

Large igneous provinces (LIPs) are the products of exceptional magmatic events that played
important roles in tectonic plate reorganizations, environmental crises, energy resource …

Mercury (Hg) is increasingly being used as a sedimentary tracer of Large Igneous Province
(LIP) volcanism, and supports hypotheses of a coincidence between the formation of several …

There is an abundance of evidence for short intervals of cold climatic conditions during the
Early Cretaceous. However, the lack of a high-resolution, long-term Early Cretaceous …

Large-igneous-province volcanic activity during the mid-Cretaceous triggered a global-scale
episode of reduced marine oxygen levels known as Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 approximately …

The Aptian was characterized by dramatic tectonic, oceanographic, climatic and biotic
changes and its record is punctuated by Oceanic Anoxic Events (OAEs). The timing and …