A regional ocean circulation model for the mid-Cretaceous North Atlantic Basin: implications for black shale formation

High concentrations of organic matter accumulated in marine sediments during Oceanic Anoxic Events (OAEs) in the Cretaceous. Model studies examining these events invariably make use of global ocean circulation models. In this study, a regional model for the North Atlantic Basin during OAE2 at the Ce...

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Main Authors: R. P. M. Topper, J. Trabucho Alexandre, E. Tuenter, P. Th. Meijer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-03-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:http://www.clim-past.net/7/277/2011/cp-7-277-2011.pdf