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Letter
Nature Geoscience 1, 453–457 (1 July 2008) | doi:10.1038/ngeo217
Warm saline intermediate waters in the Cretaceous tropical Atlantic|[nbsp]|Ocean
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Abstract
During the mid-Cretaceous period, the global subsurface oceans were relatively warm, but the origins of the high temperatures are debated. One hypothesis suggests that high sea levels and the continental configuration allowed high-salinity waters in low-latitude epicontinental shelf seas to sink and form deep-water masses.
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