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... (8) 90,000-yr duration: The final stable phase of oceanographic background conditions prior to the C-T perturbed interval is associated with active explosive volcanism; numerous ash falls: and successive, short-term, trace element enrichment events (Mn-Co followed by U)
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Key Terms

  • trace element
  • late cenomanian
  • element enrichment
  • boundary interval
  • oceanic oxygen

  • oxygen isotope
  • enrichment events
  • benthic oxygen
  • background conditions
  • anoxic event

  • organic carbon
  • surface water
  • warm water
  • background levels
  • oceanic anoxic

  • cenomanian values
  • events occur
  • water masses


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