[HTML][HTML] Amber and the Cretaceous resinous interval

X Delclòs, E Peñalver, E Barrón, D Peris… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Amber is fossilized resin that preserves biological remains in exceptional detail, study of
which has revolutionized understanding of past terrestrial organisms and habitats from the …

Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, Northeast Brazil: A reference basin for studies on the early history of the South Atlantic Ocean

F Luft-Souza, G Fauth, MDR Bruno, MADL Mota… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Early Cretaceous sedimentary basins on the South Atlantic continental margins of South
America and Africa are closely related with the Gondwana break-up, and record coeval …

[HTML][HTML] Paleogeographic controls on the evolution of Late Cretaceous ocean circulation

JB Ladant, CJ Poulsen, F Fluteau, CR Tabor… - Climate of the …, 2020 - cp.copernicus.org
Understanding of the role of ocean circulation on climate during the Late Cretaceous is
contingent on the ability to reconstruct its modes and evolution. Geochemical proxies used …

[HTML][HTML] A Late Cretaceous mixed (turbidite-contourite) system along the Argentine Margin: Paleoceanographic and conceptual implications

S Rodrigues, FJ Hernández-Molina, A Kirby - Marine and Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Cretaceous record offshore Argentina comprises an extensive
hybrid/mixed (turbidite-contourite) depositional system over 280,000 km 2. This offers a key …

Quantifying the effect of the Drake Passage opening on the Eocene Ocean

A Toumoulin, Y Donnadieu, JB Ladant… - Paleoceanography …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The opening of the Drake Passage (DP) during the Cenozoic is a tectonic event of
paramount importance for the development of modern ocean characteristics. Notably, it has …

The early opening of the Equatorial Atlantic gateway and the evolution of Cretaceous peak warming

W Dummann, P Hofmann, JO Herrle, M Frank… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Cretaceous opening of the Equatorial Atlantic gateway (EAG) is considered a driver of
major changes in global oceanography, carbon cycling, and climate. However, the early …

Genesis and evolution of the South Atlantic volcanic islands offshore Brazil

W Mohriak - Geo-Marine Letters, 2020 - Springer
The Brazilian continental margin includes several volcanic islands, submerged volcanic
seamounts, and a unique non-volcanic archipelago located in a transform segment of the …

Phylogenomics of the ancient and species-depauperate gars tracks 150 million years of continental fragmentation in the northern hemisphere

C Doran Brownstein, L Yang, M Friedman… - Systematic …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Reconstructing deep-time biogeographic histories is limited by the comparatively recent
diversification of most extant lineages. Ray-finned fishes, which include nearly half of all …

Early Cretaceous marine incursions into South Atlantic rift basins originated from the south

X Cui, B Wignall, KH Freeman… - Communications Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
The breakup of Gondwana resulted in sedimentary deposits recording lacustrine to marine
environmental transitions in the South Atlantic rift basins during the Early Cretaceous …

[HTML][HTML] Cretaceous to Eocene mixed turbidite-contourite systems offshore Nova Scotia (Canada): Spatial and temporal variability of down-and along-slope processes

S Rodrigues, ME Deptuck, KL Kendell… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
The identification of several Cretaceous to Paleogene mixed turbidite-contourite systems
along the upper to middle continental slope of Nova Scotia provides a unique opportunity to …