Sea-level changes in the British region during the Late Cretaceous

The Organic-Rich and Siliceous Bahloul Formation: Environmental Evolution Using Facies Analysis and Sr/Ca & Mn Chemostratigraphy, Bargou Area, Tunisia

“…It has been suggested that sources of Sr variations in Cretaceous carbonates can be related to changes in seawater Sr/Ca or Mn. It was reported that the Sr/Ca ratios rose progressively through the mid-to late Cretaceous, a period of generally rising eustatic sea-level (Renard, 1985;Stoll and Schrag, 2001;Hancock, 1989;Haq et al, 1988;Hancock, 1993). In our material (Figure 3), the observed relationships between the Sr/Ca profile and the sequence stratigraphy systems tract are consistent with sea-level change forcing the shortterm Sr/Ca record.…”

Oyster-bioimmured ammonites from the Upper Albian of Annopol, Poland: stratigraphic and palaeobiogeographic implications

“…In accordance with a simple transgressive-regressive model proposed by Juignet (1980) and Hancock (1990Hancock ( , 1993Hancock ( , 2004, the Annopol succession is interpreted as a series of thin transgressive units, truncated by layers of reworked phosphatic nodules and clasts, hardgrounds and burrowed omission or erosional surfaces, which reflect a series of regression maxima (Text- fig. 1A).…”

A brief warming event in the late Albian: evidence from calcareous nannofossils, macrofossils, and isotope geochemistry of the Gault Clay Formation, Folkestone, southeastern England

“…It is also possible that the migration of Tethyan faunas into boreal provinces was facilitated by the late Albian sea level highstand (Hardenbol et al, 1998;Miller et al, 2011). Migration of Tethyan ammonites into the Anglo-Paris Basin may have occurred via intermittent flooding of low-lying European landmasses due to transgressions in the late Albian, but a route via the Atlantic Ocean was likely more permanent (Hancock, 1989).…”