Proiecte
Early Cretaceous IDEAS: A multidisciplinary approach to the early Cretaceous paleoclimate: evidence from the Romanian Carpathians
Responsabil: | Dr. Ing. Habil. Mihaela-Carmen Melinte, CSI |
Coordonator: | GeoEcoMar |
Beneficiar: | GeoEcoMar |
Finanțator: | UEFISCDI |
Durata: | 60 months |
Data începerii: | 05.10.2016 |
Data finalizării: | 06.10.2020 |
Early Cretaceous IDEAS: A multidisciplinary approach to the early Cretaceous paleoclimate: evidence from the Romanian Carpathians
Recent research on climate conditions in the Cretaceous entered an exciting, multidisciplinary phase, in which geological, sedimentological, geochemical, mineralogical and paleontological approaches were integrated, and a better view of the climate change evolution during the warming intervals was achieved. The project’s theme thus became part of the current research on global warming. The extreme heat of certain Cretaceous intervals represented one of the best examples of “greenhouse” climate conditions in the geological record. The results of multidisciplinary studies (sedimentological, paleontological and geochemical) in the project provided answers to many of the questions in the field and were also related to the current concerns. Due to the complete geological evidence from the Cretaceous stage and their paleontological wealth, the Carpathians in Romania perfectly served as „natural laboratory” for this topic.
- Identifying the worldwide early Cretaceous oceanic anoxic events that occurred in the Romanian Carpathians, based on their lithological, paleo-biological and geochemical characteristics;
- Study of the anoxic- oxic transition (from the organically rich black shales to the red marine sediments) in the Romanian Carpathians of the „middle” Cretaceous and the factors that forced this change;
- Analysis of the paleoclimatic and paleo-environmental fluctuations of the early Cretaceous in the Romanian Carpathians;
- Study of the Early Cretaceous paleobiogeography of the Romanian Carpathians.