The Cenomanian- Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event, II. Palaeoceanographic controls on organic-matter production and preservation.
The OAE coincided with a maximum sea level highstand. Sea level, which may be responding to some volcano-tectonic event, is the common link and ultimately the driving force for orgC deposition in globally distributed basins under different climatic and ocean circulation regimes. -from Authors
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Blackwell Scientific; Geological Society Special Publication, 26
1987
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