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1 School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Greenwich, Medway Campus, Chatham, Kent ME4 4AW, UK, and Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
2 GSC, Inc., 826 Plainwood Drive, Houston, Texas 77079, USA
3 School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Greenwich, Medway Campus, Chatham, Kent ME4 4AW, UK
4 Geological Collections, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW, UK
5 Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
6 Department of Geology, University of Pune, Pune 411007, India
We have investigated the sequence stratigraphy of two widely separated marine Cenomanian successions in southeast India and northwest Europe, and used high-resolution ammonite biostratigraphy to demonstrate that sea-level changes are globally synchronous and therefore must be eustatically controlled. Sequence-scale sea-level changes in the Cenomanian were driven by the long eccentricity cycle (400 k.y.) in the Milankovitch band. We hypothesize that, during pre-Quaternary time, the third-order sequences of Vail and Haq are essentially a sediment response to sea-level changes driven by the 400 k.y. cycle. Construction of a relative sea-level curve for the marginal marine succession in India demonstrates that the short-term sea-level changes are rapid (10–100 m/m.y.) and have a magnitude of 2–20 m. Glacioeustasy is a possible but unproven driving mechanism.
Key Words: sequence stratigraphy • ammonite biostratigraphy • eustasy • Cenomanian (Cretaceous) • Europe • India
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