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Dissolution, Ocean Acidification And Biotic Extinctions Prior To The Cretaceous/Paleogene (K/Pg) Boundary In The Tropical Pacific, Serena Dameron
Dissolution, Ocean Acidification And Biotic Extinctions Prior To The Cretaceous/Paleogene (K/Pg) Boundary In The Tropical Pacific, Serena Dameron
Masters Theses
The several million years preceding the Cretaceous/Paleogene (K/Pg) boundary has been the focus of many studies. Changes in ocean circulation and sea level, extinctions, and major volcanic events have all been documented for this interval. Important research questions these changes raise include the climate dynamics during the warm, but not hot, time after the decay of the Late Cretaceous greenhouse interval and the stability of ecosystems prior to the mass extinctions at the end-Cretaceous.
I document several biotic perturbations as well as changes in ocean circulation during the Maastrichtian stage of the latest Cretaceous that question whether the biosphere was …