Western North Atlantic Palaeogene and Cretaceous Palaeoceanography (Geological Society Special Publication)

Palaeogene and Cretaceous palaeoceaongraphy has been the focus of intense international interest in the last few years, spurred by deep ocean drilling at Blake Nose in the North Atlantic as well as the need to use past climate change as input for modelling future climate change. This book brings together a number of review papers that describe ancient oceans and unique events in the Earth's climatic history and evolution of biota. The papers show evidence of periods characterised by exceptional global warmth such as Late Palaeocene Thermal Maximum and Cretaceous anoxic events. Geochemical records and modelling will make the reader aware that these periods were forced by greenhouse gases. This information is essential for understanding the response of the ocean-climate system to the current input of fossil fuels. In this sense, the book contributes to the understanding of fundamental aspects of Earth's climate, the carbon cycle, and marine ecosystems. A number of papers describe massive mass wasting deposits resulting from energy released by the bolide impact at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary as well as the geochemistry of the boundary itself. Additional papers cover aspects of cyclostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of Palaeogene and Cretaceous records. Readership:Earth Scientists interested in Palaeogene-Cretaceous palaeoceanography, extreme climate modelling, Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, Late Palaeocene Thermal Maximum, Cretaceous anoxic events, as well as those specifically interested in radiolarian, dinoflagellate and coccolithophorid stratigraphy. Also available: Biogeochemical Controls on Palaeoceanographic Environmental Proxies - Special Publication no 303 - ISBN 1862392579 Palaeozoic Reefs and Bioaccumulations: Climatic and Evolutionary Controls - Special Publication no 275 - ISBN 1862392218 The Geological Society of LondonFounded in 1807, the Geological Society of London is the oldest geological society in the world, and one of the largest publishers in the Earth sciences.The Society publishes a wide range of high-quality peer-reviewed titles for academics and professionals working in the geosciences, and enjoys an enviable international reputation for the quality of its work.The many areas in which we publish in include:-Petroleum geology-Tectonics, structural geology and geodynamics-Stratigraphy, sedimentology and paleontology-Volcanology, magmatic studies and geochemistry-Remote sensing-History of geology-Regional geology guides Cretaceous-palaeogene Ocean And Climate Change In The Subtropical North Atlantic / Richard D. Norris ... [et Al.] -- Mid-eocene Deep Water, The Late Palaeocene Thermal Maximum And Continental Slope Mass Wasting During The Cretaceous-palaeogene Impact / R. D. Norris, A. Klaus, And D. Kroon -- Deposition Of Sedimentary Organic Matter In Black Shale Facies Indicated By The Geochemistry And Petrography Of High-resolution Samples, Blake Nose, Western North Atlantic / Charles E. Barker, Mark Pawlewicz And Emily A. Cobabe -- No Extinctions During Oceanic Anoxic Event 1b : The Aptian-albian Benthic Foraminiferal Record Of Odp Leg 171 / Ann Holbourn And Wolfgang Kuhnt -- Biostratigraphic Subdivision And Correlation Of Upper Maastrichtian Sediments Form The Atlantic Coastal Plain And Blake Nose, Western Atlantic / Jean M. Self-trail -- The Maastrichtian Record At Black Nose (western North Atlantic) And Implications For Global Palaeoceanographic And Biotic Changes / Kenneth G. Macleod And Brian T. Huber -- Geochemistry Of The Cretaceous-tertiary Boundary At Blake Nose (odp Leg 171b) / F. Martinez-ruiz ... [et Al.] -- K-t Boundary Spherules From Blake Nose (odp Leg 171b) As A Record Of The Chicxulub Ejecta Deposits / F. Martinez-ruiz ... [et Al.] -- Astronomical Calibration Of The Danian Time Scale / Ursula Röhl ... [et Al.] -- Biostratigraphic Implications Of Mid-latitude Palaeocene-eocene Radiolarian Faunas From Hole 1051a, Odp Leg 171b, Blake Nose, Western North Atlantic / Annika Sanfilippo And Charles D. Blome -- Mid- To Late Eocene Organic-walled Dinoflagellate Cysts From Odp Leg 171b, Offshore Florida / Caroline A. Van Mourik, Henk Brinkhuis, And Graham L. Williams -- North Atlantic Climate Variability In Early Palaeogene Time : A Climate Modelling Sensitivity Study / Lisa Cirbus Sloan And Matthew Huber -- Orbitally Forced Climate Change In Late Mid-eocene Time At Blake Nose (leg 171b) : Evidence From Stable Isotopes In Foraminifera / Bridget S. Wade, Dick Kroon, And Richard D. Norris -- Carbon Addition And Removal During The Late Palaeocene Thermal Maximum : Basic Theory With A Preliminary Treatment Of The Isotope Record At Odp Site 1051, Blake Nose / Gerald R. Dickens -- Palaeoenvironmental Implications Of Palygorskite Clays In Eocene Deep-water Sediments From The Western Central Atlantic / Thomas Pletsch -- Erratum : Cretaceous-palaeogene Ocean And Climate Change In The Subtropical North Atlantic. Edited By Dick Kroon, R.d. Norris And A. Klaus. One Folded Sheet In Pocket. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Palaeogene and Cretaceous palaeoceanography has been the focus of intense international interest in the last few years, spurred by deep ocean drilling at Blake Nose in the North Atlantic as well as the need to use past climate change as input for modelling future climate change. This book brings together a number of review papers that describe ancient oceans and unique events in the Earth's climatic history and evolution of biota. The papers show evidence of periods characterized by exceptional global warmth such as the Late Palaeocene Thermal Maximum and Cretaceous anoxic events. Geochemical records and modelling will make the reader aware that these periods were forced by greenhouse gases Title from e-book title screen (viewed on July 18, 2005).