Mid-latitude terrestrial climate of East Asia linked to global climate in the Late Cretaceous

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Research Article| April 01, 2015 Mid-latitude terrestrial climate of East Asia linked to global climate in the Late Cretaceous Yuan Gao; Yuan Gao 1State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China2Department of Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Daniel E. Ibarra; Daniel E. Ibarra 2Department of Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Chengshan Wang; Chengshan Wang * 1State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China *E-mail: chshwang@cugb.edu.cn Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Jeremy K. Caves; Jeremy K. Caves 2Department of Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar C. Page Chamberlain; C. Page Chamberlain 2Department of Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Stephan A. Graham; Stephan A. Graham 3Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Huaichun Wu Huaichun Wu 4State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, School of Ocean Sciences, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Yuan Gao 1State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China2Department of Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA Daniel E. Ibarra 2Department of Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA Chengshan Wang * 1State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China Jeremy K. Caves 2Department of Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA C. Page Chamberlain 2Department of Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA Stephan A. Graham 3Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA Huaichun Wu 4State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, School of Ocean Sciences, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China *E-mail: chshwang@cugb.edu.cn Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 06 Nov 2014 Revision Received: 14 Jan 2015 Accepted: 25 Jan 2015 First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 © 2015 Geological Society of America Geology (2015) 43 (4): 287–290. https://doi.org/10.1130/G36427.1 Article history Received: 06 Nov 2014 Revision Received: 14 Jan 2015 Accepted: 25 Jan 2015 First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Yuan Gao, Daniel E. Ibarra, Chengshan Wang, Jeremy K. Caves, C. Page Chamberlain, Stephan A. Graham, Huaichun Wu; Mid-latitude terrestrial climate of East Asia linked to global climate in the Late Cretaceous. Geology 2015;; 43 (4): 287–290. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G36427.1 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract The Late Cretaceous (late Campanian to Maastrichtian) was characterized by a variable greenhouse climate, with evidence for cooling and/or glaciation and warming events. Most of these climatic signals are derived from marine records, and knowledge of the terrestrial climate, especially in the mid-latitudes, is limited due to fragmentary geological records on continents. Here we report mid-latitude terrestrial stable oxygen and carbon isotope data from pedogenic carbonates in the nearly continuous Late Cretaceous age SK-1 core drilled in the Songliao Basin, northeastern China. Our data indicate a punctuated, mid-latitude terrestrial climate in the Late Cretaceous. We interpret the negative excursion of pedogenic carbonate δ18O in the early Maastrichtian to be the result of decreasing temperature and/or strengthened westerlies during global cooling and possible glaciation, providing valuable mid-latitude terrestrial evidence for this event. The negative δ13C isotopic excursion ca. 66 Ma is modeled as higher primary productivity caused by increasing temperature and precipitation in response to a warming climate in the latest Cretaceous. Our continuous stable isotopic records in the Songliao Basin are in accordance with previously published global Late Cretaceous records of climate variability from marine and terrestrial regions, and demonstrate the sensitivity of mid-latitude terrestrial climate in a greenhouse world. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.