Latitude-dependant climate changes across the Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a
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Latitude-dependant climate changes across the Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a. / Blok, C. N.; Ineson, J.; Anderskouv, K.; Fantasia, A.; Sheldon, E.; Thibault, N.; Jelby, M. E.; Adatte, T.; Bodin, S.
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T1 - Latitude-dependant climate changes across the Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a
AU - Blok, C. N.
AU - Ineson, J.
AU - Anderskouv, K.
AU - Fantasia, A.
AU - Sheldon, E.
AU - Thibault, N.
AU - Jelby, M. E.
AU - Adatte, T.
AU - Bodin, S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Authors
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The understanding of the climatic evolution during the Early Cretaceous in general, and across Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a (OAE-1a) in particular, has generally been derived from Tethyan localities, implying large uncertainties about their significance at a global scale. In this study, high-resolution clay-mineral assemblage analyses have been performed on the Hauterivian to lower Aptian cored section of the North Jens-1 well, located in the Danish Central Graben, North Sea, in the Boreal Realm. Large amounts of detrital kaolinite are observed throughout the core, indicating the presence of a local, kaolinite-rich source. A long-term decline in kaolinite content is recorded from the upper Hauterivian to the lowermost pre-OAE-1a Aptian, followed by a sharp rise within the OAE-1a interval. This trend is similar to that observed in the Tethyan Realm, where a supra-regional climatic evolution is observed, including: (i) relatively humid conditions in the late Hauterivian; (ii) a shift towards overall drier conditions in the latest Barremian – earliest Aptian; and (iii) renewed humid conditions during the unfolding of OAE-1a. However, the precise timing of climate change across OAE-1a differs between the Tethyan and Boreal Realms. The shift towards humid conditions coincides with the onset of OAE-1a (segment C3) in the Tethyan Realm, followed by a return to drier conditions in the second half of the event. In the Boreal Realm, however, the onset of OAE-1a was characterised by a relatively dry climate, followed by an increase in humidity within its middle part (segments C4–C5) that persisted through the remainder of the early Aptian. Consequently, there was a non-linear change in precipitation patterns across latitudinal belts during the unfolding of OAE-1a. Similar conclusions have been drawn for other OAEs, suggesting a more complex weathering feedback mechanism during hyperthermal events than generally assumed.
AB - The understanding of the climatic evolution during the Early Cretaceous in general, and across Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a (OAE-1a) in particular, has generally been derived from Tethyan localities, implying large uncertainties about their significance at a global scale. In this study, high-resolution clay-mineral assemblage analyses have been performed on the Hauterivian to lower Aptian cored section of the North Jens-1 well, located in the Danish Central Graben, North Sea, in the Boreal Realm. Large amounts of detrital kaolinite are observed throughout the core, indicating the presence of a local, kaolinite-rich source. A long-term decline in kaolinite content is recorded from the upper Hauterivian to the lowermost pre-OAE-1a Aptian, followed by a sharp rise within the OAE-1a interval. This trend is similar to that observed in the Tethyan Realm, where a supra-regional climatic evolution is observed, including: (i) relatively humid conditions in the late Hauterivian; (ii) a shift towards overall drier conditions in the latest Barremian – earliest Aptian; and (iii) renewed humid conditions during the unfolding of OAE-1a. However, the precise timing of climate change across OAE-1a differs between the Tethyan and Boreal Realms. The shift towards humid conditions coincides with the onset of OAE-1a (segment C3) in the Tethyan Realm, followed by a return to drier conditions in the second half of the event. In the Boreal Realm, however, the onset of OAE-1a was characterised by a relatively dry climate, followed by an increase in humidity within its middle part (segments C4–C5) that persisted through the remainder of the early Aptian. Consequently, there was a non-linear change in precipitation patterns across latitudinal belts during the unfolding of OAE-1a. Similar conclusions have been drawn for other OAEs, suggesting a more complex weathering feedback mechanism during hyperthermal events than generally assumed.
KW - Clay mineralogy
KW - Early cretaceous
KW - North Sea
KW - OAE-1a
KW - Palaeoclimate
KW - Sola and Tuxen Formations
U2 - 10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.111085
DO - 10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.111085
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85132230093
VL - 601
JO - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology - An International Journal for the Geo-Sciences
JF - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology - An International Journal for the Geo-Sciences
SN - 0031-0182
M1 - 111085
ER -
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