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Enhanced ocean connectivity and volcanism instigated global onset of Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) ∼94.5 million years ago

Li, Yong-Xiang; Liu, Xinyu; Selby, David; Liu, Zhonghui; Montañez, Isabel P.; Li, Xianghui

Enhanced ocean connectivity and volcanism instigated global onset of Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) ∼94.5 million years ago Thumbnail


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Yong-Xiang Li

Xinyu Liu

Zhonghui Liu

Isabel P. Montañez

Xianghui Li



Abstract

Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) exemplifies an episode of global oceanographic and climatic changes in the mid-Cretaceous greenhouse. However, the timing and mechanism of its global initiation remain elusive. Here we report a high-resolution initial osmium isotope (187Os/188Osi, Osi) and δ13Corg record from an expanded OAE2 interval in southern Tibet, China that was deposited in the Southern Hemisphere. The Osi record documents episodic, intensifying volcanism with the highest intensity episode marked by a large Osi excursion at ∼94.5 Ma and a subsequent ∼200 kyr Osi minimum concomitant with a cooling interval, which is broadly synchronous with the Plenus Cold Event (PCE) recorded in the Northern Hemisphere. Also, the large Osi excursion lags the onset of OAE2 by ∼50 kyr and occurred during a near synchronous global transgression based on high-resolution correlation with other major OAE2 records. These results are interpreted as indicating that enhanced ocean connectivity played a critical role in helping trigger the global onset of OAE2 at ∼94.5 Ma.

Citation

Li, Y., Liu, X., Selby, D., Liu, Z., Montañez, I. P., & Li, X. (2022). Enhanced ocean connectivity and volcanism instigated global onset of Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) ∼94.5 million years ago. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 578, Article 117331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117331

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 2, 2021
Online Publication Date Dec 15, 2021
Publication Date Jan 15, 2022
Deposit Date Feb 10, 2022
Publicly Available Date Jan 6, 2023
Journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Print ISSN 0012-821X
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 578
Article Number 117331
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117331

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