Vegetation response to exceptional global warmth during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2

Ulrich Heimhofer; Nina Wucherpfennig; Thierry Adatte; Stefan Schouten; Elke Schneebeli-Hermann; Silvia Gardin; Gerta Keller; Sarah Kentsch; Ariane Kujau

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06319-6

Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

Vegetation response to exceptional global warmth during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2

Ulrich Heimhofer,
Nina Wucherpfennig,
Thierry Adatte,
Stefan Schouten,
Elke Schneebeli-Hermann,
Silvia Gardin,
Gerta Keller,
Sarah Kentsch,
Ariane Kujau

Affiliations

Ulrich Heimhofer: Institute for Geology, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Nina Wucherpfennig: Institute for Geology, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Thierry Adatte: Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Université de Lausanne
Stefan Schouten: Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, Utrecht University
Elke Schneebeli-Hermann: Paleontological Institute and Museum, Universität Zürich
Silvia Gardin: Centre de recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06
Gerta Keller: Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Sarah Kentsch: Institute for Geology, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Ariane Kujau: GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06319-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

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The Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 represents one of the warmest episodes in the last 250 million years. Here, the authors present spore-pollen data and temperature estimates (TEX86) across an expanded stratigraphic section illustrating the dynamic response of vegetation during this exceptionally warm interval.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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