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Kenneth G. Miller, Enriqueta Barrera, Richard K. Olsson, Peter J. Sugarman, and Samuel M. Savin
Does ice drive early Maastrichtian eustasy?
Geology (Boulder) (September 1999), 27(9):783-786
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A large (30-40 m), rapid (<<1 m.y.), earliest Maastrichtian sea-level drop inferred from New Jersey sequence stratigraphic records correlates with synchronous delta 18 O increases in deep-water benthic and low-latitude surface-dwelling planktonic foraminifera. The coincidence of these events argues for the development of a moderate-sized ice sheet during the early Maastrichtian.
ancient ice ages; Atlantic Coastal Plain; biochemistry; biostratigraphy; correlation; Cretaceous; eustacy; Foraminifera; glacial geology; ice sheets; Invertebrata; isotope ratios; isotopes; lower Maestrichtian; Maestrichtian; Mesozoic; microfossils; Mount Laurel Formation; Navesink Formation; New Jersey; O-18/O-16; oxygen; planktonic taxa; Protista; sea-level changes; Senonian; sequence stratigraphy; stable isotopes; United States; Upper Cretaceous
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