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Mesozoic Oceanic Anoxic Events

By: Sarah Sexton

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Vaughn et al 2005

Oxygen Profile

Schlanger & Jenkyns 1976

Otto-Bliesner et al 2002

Sea Surface Salinity

Otto-Bliesner et al 2002

Vertical Temperature Profile

Otto-Bliesner et al 2002

Sea Surface Temperature

Vertical Circulation

Otto-Bliesner et al 2002

Horizontal Circulation

Otto-Bliesner et al 2002

Ocean Circulation Yesterday and Today

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Global Carbon Cycle

Jenkyns 2003

Works-Cited

Jenkyns HC (2003). Evidence for rapid climate change in the Mesozoic-Paleogene greenhouse world. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 361: 1885-1916.

Otto-Bliesner BL, Brady EC & C Shields (2002). Late Cretaceous ocean: Coupled simulations with the National Center for Atmospheric Research Climate System Model. Journal of Geophysical Research, 107(D2): 4019.

Poulsen CJ, Barron EJ, Arthur MA & WH Peterson (2001). Response of the mid-Cretaceous global oceanic circulation to tectonic and CO2 forcings. Paleoceanography, 16(6): 576-592.

Schlanger SO & HC Jenkyns (1976). Cretaceous oceanic anoxic events: causes and consequences. Geologie en Mijnbouw, 55(3-4): 179-184.

Vaughn J, Kodama JP & DP Smith (2005). Correction of inclination shallowing and its tectonic implications: The Cretaceous Perforada Formation, Baja California. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 232(1-2): 71-82.