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Geology; July 2003; v. 31; no. 7; p. 585-588; DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0585:LCCOLR>2.0.CO;2
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Late Cretaceous chronology of large, rapid sea-level changes: Glacioeustasy during the greenhouse world

Kenneth G. Miller1, Peter J. Sugarman2, James V. Browning3, Michelle A. Kominz4, John C. Hernández5, Richard K. Olsson5, James D. Wright1, Mark D. Feigenson5 and William Van Sickel*,6

1 Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
2 New Jersey Geological Survey, P.O. Box 427, Trenton, New Jersey 08625, USA
3 Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
4 Department of Geosciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5150, USA
5 Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
6 Department of Geosciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5150, USA

We provide a record of global sea-level (eustatic) variations of the Late Cretaceous (99–65 Ma) greenhouse world. Ocean Drilling Program Leg 174AX provided a record of 11–14 Upper Cretaceous sequences in the New Jersey Coastal Plain that were dated by integrating Sr isotopic stratigraphy and biostratigraphy. Backstripping yielded a Late Cretaceous eustatic estimate for these sequences, taking into account sediment loading, compaction, paleowater depth, and basin subsidence. We show that Late Cretaceous sea-level changes were large (>25 m) and rapid (<<1 m.y.), suggesting a glacioeustatic control. Three large {delta}18O increases are linked to sequence boundaries (others lack sufficient {delta}18O data), consistent with a glacioeustatic cause and with the development of small (<106 km3) ephemeral ice sheets in Antarctica. Our sequence boundaries correlate with sea-level falls recorded by Exxon Production Research and sections from northwest Europe and Russia, indicating a global cause, although the Exxon record differs from backstripped estimates in amplitude and shape.

Key Words: eustasy • sequence stratigraphy • New Jersey Coastal Plain • Late Cretaceous • backstripping




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