Abrupt deep-sea warming at the end of the Cretaceous

@article{Li1998AbruptDW,
  title={Abrupt deep-sea warming at the end of the Cretaceous},
  author={Liangquan Li and Gerta Keller},
  journal={Geology},
  year={1998},
  volume={26},
  pages={995-998}
}
Climatic and oceanographic variations during the last 2 m.y. of the Maastrichtian inferred from high-resolution (10 k.y.) stable isotope analysis of the mid-latitude South Atlantic Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 525 reveal a major warm pulse followed by rapid cooling prior to the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. Between 66.85 and 65.52 Ma, cool but fluctuating temperatures average 9.9 and 15.4 °C in intermediate and surface waters, respectively. This interval is followed by an abrupt short-term… Expand
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