The Cretaceous Period

A. S. Gale; J. Mutterlose; S. Batenburg; F. M. Gradstein; F. P. Agterberg; J. G. Ogg; M. R. Petrizzo

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-824360-2.00027-9

The Cretaceous Period

A. S. Gale, J. Mutterlose, S. Batenburg, F. M. Gradstein, F. P. Agterberg, J. G. Ogg, M. R. Petrizzo

School of the Environment, Geography & Geosciences

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Abstract

The breakup of the former Pangea supercontinent culminated in the modern drifting continents. Increased rifting caused the establishment of the Atlantic Ocean in the middle Jurassic and significant widening in Cretaceous. An explosion of calcareous nannoplankton and foraminifers in the warm seas created massive chalk deposits. A surge in submarine volcanic activity enhanced supergreenhouse conditions in the middle Cretaceous with high CO2 concentrations. Angiosperm plants bloomed on the dinosaur-dominated land during late Cretaceous. The Cretaceous dramatically ended with an asteroid impact, which resulted in a mass extinction.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Geologic Time Scale 2020
Editors	Felix Gradstein, James G. Ogg, Mark D. Schmitz, Gabi M. Ogg
Publisher	Elsevier
Chapter	27
Pages	1023-1086
Number of pages	64
Volume	2
ISBN (Print)	9780128243602
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824360-2.00027-9 https://doi.org/10.1016/C2020-1-02369-3
Publication status	Published - 20 Nov 2020

Keywords

Berriasian
Valanginian
Hauterivian
Barremian
Aptian
Albian
Cenomanian
Turonian
Santonian
Coniacian
Campanian
Maastrichian
ammonites
microfossils

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The Cretaceous Period

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