Regional record of a global oceanic anoxic event: OAE1a on the Apulia Platform margin, Gargano Promontory, southern Italy

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 754-772

  Luciani, Valeria ^a   Cobianchi, Miriam ^b   Lupi, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossils; Gargano Promontory; Palaeoceanography; Planktonic foraminifera; Selli Event; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALCAREOUS ALGA; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GARGANO PROMONTORY; ITALY; PUGLIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DELLA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33751081863     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

References (134)

1. Aguado R., Castro J.M., Company M., and De Gea G.A. Aptian bio-events - an integrated biostratigraphic analysis of the Almadich Formation, Inner Prebetic Domain, SE Spain. Cretaceous Research 20 (1999) 663-683
2. Baccelle L., and Bosellini A. Diagrammi per la stima visiva della composizione percentuale nelle rocce sedimentarie. Annali dell'Università di Ferrara (Nuova Serie), Sezione IX, Scienze Geologiche e Paleontologiche 4 (1965) 117-153
3. Banner F.T., and Desai D. A review and revision of the Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Globigerina, with especial reference to the Aptian assemblages of Speeton (North Yorkshire, England). Journal of Micropalaeontology 7 (1988) 143-185
4. Bé A.W.H. An Ecological, Zoogeographic and Taxonomic Review of Recent Planktonic Foraminifera. In: Ramsay A.T.S. (Ed). Oceanic Micropaleontology, 1 (1977), Academic Press, London 100 pp
5. Beerling D.J., Lomas M.R., and Gröcke D.R. On the nature of methane gas-hydrate dissociation during the Toarcian and Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Events. American Journal of Science 302 (2002) 28-49
6. Bellanca A., Erba E., Neri R., Premoli Silva I., Sprovieri M., Tremolada F., and Verga D. Palaeoceanographic significance of the Tethyan 'Livello Selli' (early Aptian) from the Hybla Formation, northwestern Sicily: biostratigraphy and high-resolution chemostratigraphic records. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 185 (2002) 175-196
7. Bersezio R. La successione aptiano-albiana del Bacino Lombardo. Giornale di Geologia 54 (1992) 125-146
8. Bosellini A. Dinosaurs "re-write" the geodynamics of the eastern mediterranean and the paleogeography of the Apulia platform. Earth science review 59 (2002) 211-234
9. Bosellini A., and Morsilli M. A Lower Cretaceous drowning unconformity on the eastern flank of the Apulia Platform (Gargano Promontory, southern Italy). Cretaceous Research 18 (1997) 51-61
10. Bosellini A., Morsilli M., and Neri C. Long-term event stratigraphy of the Apulia Platform margin: Upper Jurassic to Eocene, Gargano, Southern Italy. Journal of Sedimentary Research 69 (1999) 1241-1252
11. Bosellini, A., Morsilli, M., Neri, C., 2000. The eastern margin of the Apulia Platform: the Gargano Transect. Guide Book, Vieste, September 2000, pp. 1-46.
12. Bosellini A., Neri C., and Luciani V. Platform margin collapse and sequence stratigraphic organization of carbonate slope: Cretaceous-Eocene, Gargano Promontory. Terra Nova 5 (1993) 282-297
13. Boudagher-Fadel M.K., Banner F.T., Whittaker J.E., and Simmons M.D. The Early Evolutionary History of Planktonic Foraminifera (1997), British Micropalaeontological Society Publications Series. Chapman and Hall, London 269 pp.
14. Bown P.R., and Young J.R. Techniques. In: Bown P.R. (Ed). Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy (1998), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht 315 pp.
15. Caron M. Cretaceous planktic foraminifers. In: Bolli H.M., Saunders J.B., and Perch-Nielsen K. (Eds). Plankton Stratigraphy (1985), Cambridge Earth Sciences Series, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 17-86
16. Caron M., and Homewood P. Evolution of early planktic foraminifers. Marine Micropaleontology 7 (1983) 453-462
17. Casey R.E. Radiolaria. In: Lipps J.H. (Ed). Fossil Prokaryotes and Protists (1993), Blackwell Scientific, Oxford 249-284
18. Cecca F., Galeotti S., Coccioni R., and Erba E. The equivalent of the "Faraoni Level" (uppermost Hauterivian, Lower Cretaceous) recorded in the eastern part of the Trento Plateau (Venetian Southern Alps, Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 102 (1996) 417-424
19. Channel J.E.T., Erba E., Muttoni G., and Tremolada F. Early Cretaceous magnetic stratigraphy in the Apticore drill core and adjacent outcrop at Cismon (Southern Alps, Italy), and correlation to the proposed Barremian/Aptian boundary stratotype. Geological Society of America, Bulletin 112 (2000) 1430-1443
20. Cobianchi M. I nannofossili calcarei del Giurassico medio e superiore del bacino di Belluno (Alpi Calcaree Meridionali). Atti Ticinensi di Scienze della Terra 43 (2002) 3-24
21. Cobianchi M., Luciani V., and Bosellini A. Early Cretaceous nannofossils and planktonic foraminifera from northern Gargano (Apulia, southern Italy). Cretaceous Research 18 (1997) 249-293
22. Cobianchi M., Luciani V., and Menegatti A. The Selli Level of the Gargano Promontory, Apulia, southern Italy: foraminiferal and calcareous nannofossil data. Cretaceous Research 20 (1999) 255-269
23. Coccioni R., Erba E., and Premoli Silva I. Barremian-Aptian calcareous plankton biostratigraphy from the Gorgo a Cerbara section (Marche, central Italy) and implications for plankton evolution. Cretaceous Research 13 (1992) 517-537
24. Coccioni R., and Galeotti S. Orbitally induced cycles in benthonic foraminiferal morphogroups and trophic structure distribution patterns from the Late Albian "Amadeus Segment" (central Italy). Journal of Micropalaeontology 12 (1993) 227-239
25. Coccioni R., and Luciani V. Planktonic foraminifera and environmental changes across the Bonarelli Event (OAE2, latest Cenomanian) in its type area: high-resolution study from the Tethyan reference Bottaccione section (Gubbio, central Italy). Journal of Foraminiferal Research 34 (2004) 109-129
26. Coccioni, R., Luciani, V., Marsili, A., 2004. Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Events and radially elongated chambered planktonic foraminifera: paleoecological and paleoceanographic implications. Abstracts, 32nd International Geological Congress, Florence, p. 753.
27. Coccioni R., Luciani V., and Marsili A. Cretaceous oceanic anoxic events and radially elongated chambered planktonic foraminifera: paleoecological and paleoceanographic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 235 (2006) 66-92
28. Coccioni R., Nesci O., Tramontana C.F., Wezel C.F., and Moretti E. Descrizione di un livello guida "Radiolaritico-Bituminoso-Ittiolitico" alla base delle Mattinata Formation nell'Appennino Umbro-Marchigiano. Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana 106 (1987) 183-192
29. Coccioni R., and Premoli Silva I. Planktonic Foraminifera from the Lower Cretaceous of the Rio Argos sections (southern Spain) and biostratigraphic implications. Cretaceous Research 15 (1994) 645-687
30. Corfield R.M., Hall M.A., and Brasier M.D. Stable isotope development for foraminiferal habitats during the development of the Cenomanian-Turonian oceanic anoxic event. Geology 8 (1990) 175-178
31. Coxall H.K., Pearson P.N., Shackleton N.J., and Hall A.H. Hantkeninid depth adaptation: an evolving life strategy in a changing ocean. Geology 28 (2000) 87-90
32. Coxall H.K., Wilson P.A., and Pearson P.N. Paleoecology of some extreme 'clavate' planktonic foraminifera from the Cretaceous to Recent. Newsletter of Micropaleontology 66 (2002) 14
33. De Gea G.A., Castro J.M., Aguado R., Ruiz-Ortiz P.A., and Company M. Lower Aptian carbon isotope stratigraphy from a distal carbonate shelf setting: the Cau section, Prebetic zone, SE Spain. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 200 (2003) 207-219
34. Douglas R.G., and Savin S.M. Oxygen isotopic evidence for the depth stratification of Tertiary and Cretaceous planktic foraminifera. Marine Micropaleontology 3 (1978) 175-196
35. Erba E. Calcareous nannofossil distribution in pelagic rhythmic sediments (Aptian-Albian Piobbico core, central Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 97 (1992) 455-484
36. Erba E. Nannofossils and superplumes: the early Aptian "nannoconid crisis". Paleoceanography 9 (1994) 483-501
37. Erba E. Calcareous nannofossils and Mesozoic anoxic events. Marine Micropaleontology 52 (2004) 85-107
38. Erba E., Castradori D., Guasti G., and Ripepe M. Calcareous nannofossils and Milankovitch cycles: the example of the Albian Gault Clay Formation (southern England). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 93 (1992) 47-69
39. Erba E., Channel J.E.T., Claps M., Jones C., Larson R., Opdyke B., Premoli Silva I., Riva A., Salvini G., and Torricelli S. Integrated stratigraphy of the Cismon Apticore (Southern Alps, Italy): a "reference section" for the Barremian-Aptian interval at low latitudes. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 29 (1999) 371-391
40. 2 and anoxia. Paleoceanography 19 (2004) PA1007 10.1029/2003PA000884
41. Erbacher J., Gert W., Schmiedl G., and Hemleben C. Benthic foraminiferal assemblages of late Aptian-early Albian black shale intervals from the Vocontian Basin, SE France. Cretaceous Research 19 (1998) 805-826
42. Erbacher J., Hemleben C., Huber B.T., and Markey M. Correlating environmental changes during early Albian oceanic anoxic event 1B using benthic foraminifera paleoecology. Marine Micropaleontology 38 (1999) 7-28
43. Fassel M.L., and Bralower T.J. A warm, equable mid-Cretaceous: stable isotopic evidence. In: Barrera E., and Johnson C. (Eds). The Evolution of Cretaceous Oceanic/Climate Systems. Geological Society of America, Special Publication 332 (1999) 121-142
44. Föllmi K.B. 160 m.y. record of sedimentary phosphorus burial: coupling of climate and continental weathering under greenhouse conditions. Geology 23 (1995) 859-862
45. Föllmi K.B., Weissert H., Bisping M., and Funk P. Phosphogenesis, carbon-isotope stratigraphy and carbonate-platform evolution along the Lower Cretaceous northern Tethyan margin. Geological Society of America, Bulletin 106 (1994) 729-746
46. Funk H., Föllmi K.B., and Mohr H. Evolution of theTithonian-Aptian carbonate platform along the northern Tethyan margin, Eastern Helvetic Alps. In: Simo T., Scott R.W., and Masse J.-P. (Eds). Cretaceous Carbonate Platforms. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 56 (1993) 387-409
47. Hallock P. Fluctuations in the trophic resource continuum: a factor in global diversity cycles?. Paleoceanography 2 (1987) 457-471
48. Hallock P., Premoli Silva I., and Boersma A. Similarities between planktonic and larger foraminiferal evolutionary trends through Paleogene paleoceanographic changes. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeocology 83 (1991) 49-64
49. Hardenbol J., Thierry J., Farley M.B., Jacquin T., de Graciansky P.C., and Vail P. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Sequence Chronostratigraphic framework of European Basins. In: de Graciansky P.C., Hardenbol J., Jacquin T., and Vail P.R. (Eds). Mesozoic and Cenozoic sequence stratigraphy of European basins. Society of Economy Paleontologist and Mineralogists Special Publication 60 (1998) 763-781
50. Hart M.B. A water depth model for the evolution of the planktonic foraminifera. Nature 268 (1980) 252-254
51. Hart M.B. The evolution and biodiversity of Cretaceous planktonic foraminiferida. Geobios 32 (1999) 247-255
52. Hart, M.B., Bailey, H.W., 1979. The distribution of planktonic Foraminiferida in the mid-Cretaceous of NW Europe. In: Wiedmann, J. (Ed.), Aspekte der Kreide Europas. International Union of Geological Sciences 6, Series A, pp. 527-542.
53. Hemleben C., Spindler M., and Anderson O.R. Modern Planktonic Foraminifera (1989), Springer-Verlag, Berlin 363 pp.
54. Herrle J.O. Paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic implications of mid-Cretaceous black-shale formation in the Vocontian Basin and the Atlantic: evidence from calcareous nannofossils and stable isotopes. Tübinger Micropaläontologische Mitteilungen 27 (2002) 114 pp.
55. Herrle J.O., and Mutterlose J. Calcareous nannofossils from the Aptian-early Albian of SE France: paleoecological and biostratigraphic implications. Cretaceous Research 24 (2003) 1-22
56. Herrle J.O., Pross J., Friedrich O., Kößler P., and Hemleben C. Forcing mechanisms for mid-Cretaceous black shale formation: evidence from the Upper Aptian and Lower Albian of the Vocontian Basin (SE France). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 190 (2003) 399-426
57. Hochuli P.A., Menegatti A.P., Weissert H., Riva A., Erba E., and Premoli Silva I. Episodes of high productivity and cooling in the early Aptian Alpine Tethys. Geology 27 (1999) 657-660
58. Huber B.T., Leckie R.M., Norris R.D., Bralower T.J., and Co-Babe E. Foraminiferal assemblage and stable isotopic change across the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary in the subtropical North Atlantic. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 29 (1999) 392-417
59. Jahren A.H., Arens N.C., Sarmento G., Guerriero J., and Amundson R. Terrestrial record of methane hydrate dissociation in the Early Cretaceous. Geology 29 (2001) 159-162
60. Jansa L.F. Early Cretaceous carbonate platforms of the northeastern North American margin. In: Simo T., Scott R.W., and Masse J.-P. (Eds). Cretaceous Carbonate Platforms. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 56 (1993) 111-126
61. Jarvis I., Carson G.A., Cooper M.K.E., Hart M.B., Leary P.N., Tocher B.A., and Horne D. Microfossil assemblages and the Cenomanian-Turonian (Late Cretaceous) oceanic anoxic event. Cretaceous Research 9 (1988) 3-103
62. Jenkyns H.C. Cretaceous anoxic events from continents to oceans. Journal of the Geological Society, London 137 (1980) 171-188
63. Jenkyns H.C. Mesozoic anoxic events and palaeoclimate. Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie 1997 (1999) 943-949
64. Jenkyns H.C. Evidence for rapid climate change in the Mesozoic-Palaeogene greenhouse world. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A 361 (2003) 1885-1916
65. Kaiho K. Effect of organic carbon flux and dissolved oxygen on the benthic foraminiferal oxygen index (BFOI). Marine Micropaleontology 37 (1999) 67-76
66. Keller G., Han Q., Adatte T., and Burns S.J. Palaeoenvironment of the Cenomanian/Turonian at Eastbourne, England. Cretaceous Research 22 (2001) 391-422
67. Kennet J.P. Marine Geology (1982), Prentice Hall International, London 813 pp
68. Koutsoukos E.A.M., Leary P.N., and Hart M.B. Latest Cenomanian-earliest Turonian low-oxygen tolerant benthonic foraminifera: a case study of the Sergipe Basin (NE Brazil) and the western Anglo-Paris Basin (southern England). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 77 (1990) 145-177
69. Larson R.L. Latest pulse of Earth: evidence for a mid-Cretaceous superplume. Geology 19 (1991) 547-550
70. Larson R.L., and Erba E. Onset of the mid-Cretaceous greenhouse in the Barremian-Aptian: igneous events and the biological, sedimentary, and geochemical responses. Paleoceanography 14 (1999) 663-678
71. Leckie, R.M., 1985. Foraminifera of the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary interval, Greenhorn Formations, Rock Canyon Anticline, Pueblo Colorado. In: Pratt, L., Kauffman, E.G., Zelt, F. (Eds.), Fine-Grained Deposits and Biofacies of the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway: Evidence of Cyclic Sedimentary Processes. Field Trip Guidebook 4, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists. Tulsa, OK, pp. 139-149.
72. Leckie R.M. Palaeoecology of mid-Cretaceous planktonic foraminifera: a comparison of open ocean and epicontinental sea assemblages. Micropaleontology 33 (1987) 164-176
73. Leckie R.M. A palaeoceanographic model for the early evolutionary history of planktonic foraminifera. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 73 (1989) 107-138
74. Leckie R.M., Bralower T.J., and Cushman R. Oceanic Anoxic Events and plankton evolution: biotic response to tectonic forcing during the mid-Cretaceous. Paleoceanography 17 (2002) 10.1029/2001PA000623
75. Lees, J.A., Bown, P.R., Mattioli, E. Problems with proxies? Cautionary tales of calcareous nannofossil palaeoenvironmental indicators. Micropaleontology, Special Issue, 51 (4), in press.
76. Lees J.A., Bown P.R., and Young J.R. Photic zone palaeoenvironments of the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Upper Jurassic, UK) suggested by calcareous nannoplankton palaeoecology. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 235 (2006) 110-134
77. Lees J.A., Bown P.R., Young J.R., and Riding J.B. Evidence for annual records of phytoplankton productivity in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation coccolith stone bands (Upper Jurassic, Dorset, UK). Marine Micropaleontology 52 (2004) 29-49
78. Lipps J.H. Ecology and paleoecology of planktic foraminifers. In: Lipps J.H. (Ed). Foraminiferal Ecology and Palaeoecology. Society of Economy Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Short Course 6 (1979) 62-104
79. Luciani V., and Cobianchi M. Type section of the Mattinata Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Gargano Promontory, southern Italy): new biostratigraphic data (calcareous nannofossils and planktonic foraminifers). Memorie di Scienze Geologiche 46 (1994) 283-301
80. Luciani V., Cobianchi M., and Jenkyns H.C. Biotic and geochemical response to anoxic events: the Aptian pelagic succession of the Gargano Promontory (southern Italy). Geological Magazine 138 (2001) 277-298
81. MacArthur R.H., and Wilson E.O. The Theory of Island Biogeography (1967), Princeton University Press, Princeton 167 pp.
82. Magniez-Jannin F. L'élongation des loges chez les foraminifères planctoniques du Crétacé inférieur: une adaptation à la sous-oxygénation des eaux?. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris 326 (1998) 207-213
83. Masse J.P. Valanginian-Early Aptian carbonate platforms from Provence, southeastern France. In: Simo T., Scott R.W., and Masse J.-P. (Eds). Cretaceous Carbonate Platforms. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 56 (1993) 363-374
84. Masse J.P., and Machhour L. La matière organique dans la série du stratotype historique de l'Aptien inférieur de Cassis-La Bédoule (SE France). Géologie Méditerranéenne 25 (1998) 55-62
85. 13C stratigraphy through the early Aptian "Livello Selli" of the Alpine Tethys. Paleoceanography 13 (1998) 530-545
86. Moullade M., Tronchetti G., Kuhnt W., and Masse J.P. Les foraminifères benthiques et planctoniques du stratotype historique de l'aptien inférieur dans la région de Cassis-La Bédoule (SE France). Géologie Méditerranéenne 25 (1998) 187-225
87. Mutterlose J. Temperature-controlled migration of calcareous nannofloras in the northwest European Aptian. In: Crux J.A., and van Heck S.E. (Eds). Nannofossils and their Applications (1989), Ellis Horwood, Chichester 122-142
88. Mutterlose J. Das Verteilungs- und Migrationsmuster des kalkigen Nannoplanktons in der borealen Unterkreide (Valangin-Apt) NW-Deutschlands. Palaeontographica B 221 (1991) 27-152
89. Mutterlose J. Calcareous nannofossil paleoceanography of the Early Cretaceous of NW Europe. Mitteilungen des Geologisch-Paläontologischen Instituts der Universität Hamburg 77 (1996) 291-313
90. Negri A., Cobianchi M., Luciani V., Fraboni R., and Claps M. Tethyan Cenomanian pelagic rhythmic sedimentation and Pleistocene Mediterranean sapropels: is the biotic signal comparable?. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 190 (2003) 373-397
91. Norris R.D., and Wilson P.A. Low-latitude sea-surface temperature for the mid-Cretaceous and the evolution of planktonic foraminifera. Geology 26 (1998) 823-826
92. Premoli Silva I., Erba E., Salvini G., Locatelli C., and Verga D. Biotic changes in Cretaceous oceanic anoxic events of the Tethys. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 29 (1999) 352-370
93. org-rich facies of the Fucoidi Marls (central Italy). Geobios, Mémoire Spécial 11 (1989) 225-236
94. Premoli Silva I., Ripepe M., and Tornaghi M. Planktonic foraminiferal distributions record productivity cycles: evidence from the Aptian-Albian Piobbico core (central Italy). Terra Nova 1 (1989) 443-448
95. Premoli Silva I., and Sliter W.V. Cretaceous planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and evolutionary trends from the Bottaccione section, Gubbio (Italy). Paleontographia Italica 82 (1995) 1-89
96. Premoli Silva I., and Sliter W.V. Cretaceous palaeoceanography: evidence for planktonic foraminiferal evolution. Geological Society of America, Special Paper 332 (1999) 301-328
97. Price G.D., and Hart M.B. Isotopic evidence for Early to mid-Cretaceous ocean temperature variability. Marine Micropaleontology 826 (2002) 45-58
98. Price G.D., Sellwood B.W., Corfield R.M., Clarke L., and Cartlidge J.E. Isotopic evidence for paleotemperatures and depth stratification of Middle Cretaceous planktonic foraminifera from the Pacific Ocean. Geological Magazine 135 (1998) 183-191
99. Richetti G., Ciaranfi N., Luperto Sinni E., Mongelli F., and Pieri P. Geodinamica ed evoluzione sedimentaria e tettonica dell'avampaese apulo. Memorie della Società Geologica Italiana 41 (1988) 57-82
100. Robaszynski F., Caron M., Dupuis C., Amedro F., Gonzales-Donoso J.M., Linares D., Hardenbol J., Gartner S., Calandra F., and Deloffre R. A tentative integrated stratigraphy of the Turonian of central Tunisia: formations, zones and sequential stratigraphy in the Kalaat Senan area. Bulletin des Centres de Recherches Exploration-Production, Elf-Aquitaine 14 (1990) 213-384
101. Robaszynski F., and Caron M. Foraminifères planctoniques du Crétacé: commentaire de la zonation Europe-Méditerranée. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 166 (1995) 691-692
102. Robaszynski F., Hardenbol J., Caron M., Amedro F., Dupuis C., Gonzales-Donoso J.M., Linares D., and Gartner S. Sequence stratigraphy in a distal environment: the Cenomanian of the Kalaat Senan region (central Tunisia). Bulletin des Centres de Recherches Exploration-Production, Elf-Aquitaine 14 (1994) 213-384
103. Roth, P.H., 1978. Calcareous nannoplankton biostratigraphy and oceanography of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. In: Benson, W.E., Sheridan R.E. et al. (Eds.), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project 44, 731-759.
104. Roth P.H. Mid-Cretaceous calcareous nannoplankton from the central Pacific: implications for paleoceanography. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project 62 (1981) 471-489
105. Roth P.H. Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous calcareous nannofossils in the Western Atlantic (Site 534). Biostratigraphy, preservation and some observations on biogeography and paleoceanography. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project 76 (1983) 587-621
106. Roth, P.H., 1984. Preservation of calcareous nannofossils and fine-grained carbonate particles in mid-Cretaceous sediments from the southern Angola Basin, Site 530. In: Hay, W.W., Sibuet, J.C. (Eds.), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project 75, 651-655.
107. Roth, P.H., 1986. Mesozoic palaeoceanography of the North Atlantic and Tethys oceans. In: Summerhayes, C.P., Shackleton, N.J. (Eds.), Geological Society, London, Special Publication 21, 299-320.
108. Roth P.H. Mesozoic calcareous nannofossil evolution: relation to paleoceanographic events. Paleoceanography 2 (1987) 601-611
109. Roth P.H. Ocean circulation and calcareous nannofossil evolution during the Jurassic and Cretaceous. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 74 (1989) 111-126
110. Roth P.H., and Bowdler J.L. Middle Cretaceous calcareous nannoplankton biogeography and oceanography of the Atlantic Ocean. In: Warme J.E., Douglas R.G., and Winterer E.L. (Eds). The Deep Sea Drilling Project: A Decade of Progress. Society of Economic Palaeontologists and Mineralogists, Special Publication 32 (1981) 517-546
111. Roth P.H., and Krumbach K.R. Middle Cretaceous calcareous nannofossil biogeography and preservation in the Atlantic and Indian oceans: implications for paleoceanography. Marine Micropaleontology 10 (1986) 235-266
112. Schlager W. Drowning unconformities on carbonate platforms. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Special Publication 44 (1989) 15-25
113. Schlanger S.O., and Jenkyns H.C. Cretaceous oceanic anoxic events: causes and consequences. Geologie en Mijnbouw 55 (1976) 179-184
114. Schmidt D.N., Thierstein H.R., and Bollmann J. The evolutionary history of size variation of planktonic foraminifera. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 212 (2004) 159-180
115. Sliter W.V. Biostratigraphic zonation for Cretaceous planktonic foraminifers examined in thin section. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 19 (1989) 1-19
116. Sliter W.V. Cretaceous planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and paleoceanographic events in the Pacific Ocean with emphasis on indurated sediments. In: Ishizaki K., and Saito T. (Eds). Centenary of Japanese Micropaleontology (1992), Terra Scientific Publishing Co., Tokyo 281-299
117. Takahashi K. Radiolaria: flux, ecology and taxonomy in the Pacific and Atlantic. In: Honjo S. (Ed). Ocean Biocoenosis, Series No.3 (1991), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Press 303 pp.
118. Takahashi, K. 1995. Opal particle flux in the subartic Pacific and Bering sea and silicocoenosis preservation hypothesis. In: Tsunogai S., et al. (Eds.). Global Fluxes of carbon and Its Related Substances in the Coastal Sea-Ocean-Atmpsphere System. Proceeding of the 1994 Sapporo IGBP Symposium M.6 J. International, Tokohama, Japan, 458-466.
119. Thierstein H.R. Late Cretaceous nannoplankton and the change at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. In: Warme J.E., Douglas R.G., and Winterer E.L. (Eds). The Deep Sea Drilling Project: a Decade of Progress. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Special Publication 32 (1981) 355-394
120. Tremolada, F., 2004. Extreme past climate: phytoplankton response to Early Aptian and Paleocene/Eocene boundary greenhouse conditions. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Milano, Italy.
121. Tremolada F., and Erba E. Morphometric analysis of Aptian Assipetra infracretacea and Rucinolithus terebrodentarius nannoliths: implications for taxonomy, biostratigraphy and paleoceanography. Marine Micropaleontology 44 (2002) 77-92
122. Tremolada F., and Young J. Volume calculation of Cretaceous calcareous nannofossils. Journal of Nannoplankton Research 24 (2002) 199-202
123. Valentine J.W. Evolutionary Ecology of the Marine Biosphere (1973), Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall, New Jersey 511 pp.
124. Verga D., and Premoli Silva I. Early Cretaceous planktonic foraminifera from the Tethys: the genus Leupoldina. Cretaceous Research 23 (2002) 189-212
125. Verga D., and Premoli Silva I. Early Cretaceous planktonic foraminifera from the Tethys: the small, few-chambered representatives of the genus Globigerinelloides. Cretaceous Research 24 (2003) 305-334
126. Verga D., and Premoli Silva I. Early Cretaceous planktonic foraminifera from the Tethys: the large, many-chambered representatives of the genus Globigerinelloides. Cretaceous Research 24 (2003) 661-690
127. Weissert H. C-isotope stratigraphy, a monitor of paleoenvironmental change: a case study from the Early Cretaceous. Surveys in Geophysics 10 (1989) 1-61
128. Weissert H. Siliciclastics in the Early Cretaceous Tethys and North Atlantic Ocean: Documents of periodic greenhouse climate conditions. Memorie della Società Geologica Italiana 44 (1991) 59-69
129. Weissert H., Lini A., Follmi K.B., and Kuhn O. Correlation of Early Cretaceous carbon isotope stratigraphy and platform drowning events: a possible link?. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 137 (1998) 189-203
130. Williams J.R., and Bralower T.J. Nannofossil assemblages, fine fraction stable isotopes, and paleoceanography of the Valanginian-Barremian (Early Cretaceous) North Sea Basin. Paleoceanography 10 (1995) 815-864
131. Wilson P.A., and Norris R.D. Warm tropical ocean surface and global anoxia during the mid-Cretaceous Period. Nature 412 (2001) 425-429
132. Wilson J.L., and Ward W.C. Early Cretaceous carbonate platforms of northeastern and east-central Mexico. In: Simo T., Scott R.W., and Masse J.-P. (Eds). Cretaceous Carbonate Platforms. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 56 (1993) 35-49
133. Wissler L., Funk H., and Weissert H. Response of Early Cretaceous carbonate platforms to changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 200 (2003) 187-205
134. Zappaterra E. Carbonate palaeogeographic sequences of the Periadriatic region. Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana 109 (1990) 5-20