The cretaceous period

AS Gale, J Mutterlose, S Batenburg, FM Gradstein… - Geologic time scale …, 2020 - Elsevier
The breakup of the former Pangea supercontinent culminated in the modern drifting
continents. Increased rifting caused the establishment of the Atlantic Ocean in the middle …

Environmental and climatic controls of the clay mineralogy of Albian deposits in the Paris and Vocontian basins (France)

P Corentin, JF Deconinck, P Pellenard, F Amédro… - Cretaceous …, 2020 - Elsevier
High-resolution clay mineral analyses were performed on lower and middle Albian deposits
from the Paris and Vocontian basins in order to specify the weathering conditions that …

Report on the 4th international meeting of the IUGS Lower Cretaceous ammonite working group, the “Kilian Group”(Dijon, France, 30th August 2010)

S Reboulet, PF Rawson, JA Moreno-Bedmar… - Cretaceous …, 2011 - Elsevier
The 4th Kilian Group meeting (Dijon, France, 30th August 2010) focused on the Aptian and
Albian Stages. For the Aptian, a two-fold division of the stage was adopted for the …

Ammonite biostratigraphy of the Cretaceous—an overview

J Lehmann - Ammonoid paleobiology: from macroevolution to …, 2015 - Springer
An ammonite zonation of the Cretaceous period is presented, which largely follows the
Geological Time Scale 2012, with illustrations of several index species. Concepts of …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon cycle during the late Aptian–early Albian OAE 1b: a focus on the Kilian–Paquier levels interval

S Bodin, M Charpentier, CV Ullmann, A Rudra… - Global and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE) 1b took place over a protracted time interval
during the Aptian/Albian boundary interval, at the dawn of the mid-Cretaceous climatic …

U–Pb and Re–Os geochronology of the Aptian/Albian and Cenomanian/Turonian stage boundaries: implications for timescale calibration, osmium isotope seawater …

D Selby, J Mutterlose, DJ Condon - Chemical Geology, 2009 - Elsevier
Presented is the first absolute age for the basal Albian from the Schwicheldt Ton Member,
Gault Formation, Vöhrum, Germany. A 206Pb/238U age of 113.1±0.3 Ma is determined for …

Carbon-isotope stratigraphy, biostratigraphy and organic matter distribution in the Aptian–Lower Albian successions of southwest Iran (Dariyan and Kazhdumi …

B Vincent, FSP van Buchem, LG Bulot, A Immenhauser… - 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The lateral transition from carbonate platforms to intra-shelf basin in Aptian–Early Albian
times is documented along a regional transect in the excellent exposures of the Zagros …

Early Cretaceous angiosperm invasion of Western Europe and major environmental changes

C Coiffard, B Gomez, F Thévenard - Annals of Botany, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims At the beginning of the Late Cretaceous, angiosperms
already inhabited all the environments and overtopped previously gymnosperm-dominated …

Integrated stratigraphy across the Aptian/Albian boundary at Col de Pré-Guittard (southeast France): A candidate global boundary stratotype section

WJ Kennedy, AS Gale, BT Huber, MR Petrizzo… - Cretaceous …, 2014 - Elsevier
The outcrop of the Marnes Bleues at the Col de Pré-Guittard, 11 km north of the village of
Rémuzat in the Départment of Drôme in southeastern France is probably the most …

New evidences of subaerial volcanism as a trigger for the Kilian event (Aptian-Albian transition) and major climatic changes from offshore Morocco (DSDP Site 545)

E Bracquart, G Charbonnier, S Garel, T Munier… - Global and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Aptian-Albian transition is characterized by the presence of four organic-rich
intervals all linked with major disturbances of the carbon cycle. Among these, the second …