Driving mechanisms of organic carbon burial in the Early Cretaceous South Atlantic Cape Basin (DSDP Site 361)

<p>Extensive black shale deposits formed in the Early Cretaceous South Atlantic, supporting the notion that this emerging ocean basin was a globally important site of organic carbon burial. The magnitude of organic carbon burial in marine basins is known to be controlled by various tectonic, o...

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Main Authors: W. Dummann, S. Steinig, P. Hofmann, M. Lenz, S. Kusch, S. Flögel, J. O. Herrle, C. Hallmann, J. Rethemeyer, H. U. Kasper, T. Wagner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2021-02-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/17/469/2021/cp-17-469-2021.pdf