Cretaceous Climates

• 2 February 1993
• book chapter
• Published by Wiley
• p. 17-30
• https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444304534.ch2

Abstract

Keywords

• CRETACEOUS CLIMATES - ‘WARM AND EQUABLE’
• MILD UNIFORM CLIMATES CHARACTERIZING EARTH HISTORY
• DINOSAUR BONES - PRESENT IN CRETACEOUS POLAR DEPOSITS
• MID-CRETACEOUS - GREAT CHANGE IN VEGETATION
• COOL CLIMATE PHASE - ORGANIC CARBON BURIAL AT THE CENOMANIAN/TURONIAN BOUNDARY
• CRETACEOUS - ‘ICE-FREE’ PERIOD AND LACK OF GLACIAL TILLITES
• GLENDONITE NODULES FROM LOWER CRETACEOUS BULLDOG SHALE IN EROMANGA BASIN OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA
• CRETACEOUS - ‘GREENHOUSE’ CLIMATE WITH HIGH LEVELS OF CO IN ATMOSPHERE
• LATE CRETACEOUS - WARMER AND CO LEVELS POSSIBLY HIGHER
• CRETACEOUS FLORAS IN MID-NORTH AMERICA - PEAK OF WARMTH DURING SANTONIAN
• WHILE IN ALASKA WARMEST PERIOD DURING CONIACIAN