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 …

Comparing the timing of mass extinctions with the formation age of large igneous provinces
reveals a close correspondence in five cases, but previous claims that all such provinces …

Mid‐Cretaceous (Barremian‐Turonian) plankton preserved in deep‐sea marl, organic‐rich
shale, and pelagic carbonate hold an important record of how the marine biosphere …

The first book to review all the evidence concerning both the dinosaur extinctions and all the
other major extinctions-of plant, animal, terrestrial, and marine life-in the history of life. All the …

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 …

There were three negative seawater strontium-isotope excursions (shifts to lower^ 87^ Sr/^
86^ Sr values) during the Jurassic and Cretaceous that were of relatively short duration (5 …

Very similar high‐resolution δ13Ccarb and δ13Corg curves are reported for the early Aptian
“Livello Selli”(LS, oceanic anoxic subevent 1a) at two pelagic successions of the Alpine …

Twenty-five years ago, Mesozoic oceanic anoxic events (OAEs) were documented and
formalised as intervals of widespread to global deposition of organic matter. The Toarcian …

Planktic microfossils arguably provide the most complete (stratigraphic and taxonomic)
record of biodiversity of any group of organisms. The phytoplankton record is of particular …