Research Summary
Paleoceanography and paleoclimatology of past warm climate intervals, the origin of Cretaceous black shales, the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum event, nannofossil biostratigraphy, evolutionary dynamics of nannoplankton, the Mesozoic and Paleogene time scale and the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary event.
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Recent Publications
Stratigraphy of the Cretaceous/Paleogene (K/Pg) boundary at the Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) in El Kef, Tunisia: New insights from the El Kef Coring Project
Jones, H. L., Westerhold, T., Birch, H., Hull, P., Negra, M. H., Röhl, U., Sepúlveda, J., Vellekoop, J., Whiteside, J. H., Alegret, L., Henehan, M., Robinson, L., van Dijk, J. & Bralower, T., 2023, In: Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. 135, 9-10, p. 2451-2477 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Surface ocean warming and acidification driven by rapid carbon release precedes Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Babila, T. L., Penman, D. E., Standish, C. D., Doubrawa, M., Bralower, T. J., Robinson, M. M., Self-Trail, J. M., Speijer, R. P., Stassen, P., Foster, G. L. & Zachos, J. C., Mar 2022, In: Science Advances. 8, 11, abg1025.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Astrochronology of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum on the Atlantic Coastal Plain
Li, M., Bralower, T. J., Kump, L. R., Self-Trail, J. M., Zachos, J. C., Rush, W. D. & Robinson, M. M., Dec 2022, In: Nature communications. 13, 1, 5618.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Elevated Post K-Pg Export Productivity in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean
Lowery, C. M. & Bralower, T. J., Sep 2022, In: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 37, 9, e2021PA004400.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Chicxulub impact and its environmental consequences
Morgan, J. V., Bralower, T. J., Brugger, J. & Wünnemann, K., May 2022, In: Nature Reviews Earth and Environment. 3, 5, p. 338-354 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Life before impact in the Chicxulub area: unique marine ichnological signatures preserved in crater suevite
Rodríguez-Tovar, F. J., Kaskes, P., Ormö, J., Gulick, S. P. S., Whalen, M. T., Jones, H. L., Lowery, C. M., Bralower, T. J., Smit, J., King, D. T., Goderis, S. & Claeys, P., Dec 2022, In: Scientific reports. 12, 1, 11376.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Microfossil and geochemical records reveal high-productivity paleoenvironments in the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2
Bryant, R., Leckie, R. M., Bralower, T. J., Jones, M. M. & Sageman, B. B., Dec 15 2021, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 584, 110679.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Size and shape variation in the calcareous nannoplankton genus Braarudosphaera following the Cretaceous/Paleogene (K/Pg) mass extinction: Clues as to its evolutionary success
Jones, H. L., Scrobola, Z. & Bralower, T. J., Nov 7 2021, In: Paleobiology. 47, 4, p. 680-703 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Early Paleocene Paleoceanography and Export Productivity in the Chicxulub Crater
Expedition 364 Science Party, Nov 2021, In: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 36, 11, e2021PA004241.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Globally distributed iridium layer preserved within the Chicxulub impact structure
IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Scientists, Feb 24 2021, In: Science Advances. 7, 9, eabe3647.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ocean resurge-induced impact melt dynamics on the peak-ring of the Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico
IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Science Party, Oct 2021, In: International Journal of Earth Sciences. 110, 7, p. 2619-2636 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Shaping of the Present-Day Deep Biosphere at Chicxulub by the Impact Catastrophe That Ended the Cretaceous
IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Scientists, Jun 24 2021, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 12, 668240.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Evaluation of Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum Carbon Isotope Record Completeness—An Illustration of the Potential of Dynamic Time Warping in Aligning Paleo-Proxy Records
Ajayi, S., Kump, L. R., Ridgwell, A., Kirtland Turner, S., Hay, C. C. & Bralower, T. J., Mar 1 2020, In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 21, 3, e2019GC008620.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Neritic ecosystem response to Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 in the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway, USA
Boudinot, F. G., Dildar, N., Leckie, R. M., Parker, A., Jones, M. M., Sageman, B. B., Bralower, T. J. & Sepúlveda, J., May 15 2020, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 546, 109673.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Origin of a global carbonate layer deposited in the aftermath of the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary impact
Bralower, T. J., Cosmidis, J., Heaney, P. J., Kump, L. R., Morgan, J. V., Harper, D. T., Lyons, S. L., Freeman, K. H., Grice, K., Wendler, J. E., Zachos, J. C., Artemieva, N., Chen, S. A., Gulick, S. P. S., House, C. H., Jones, H. L., Lowery, C. M., Nims, C., Schaefer, B., Thomas, E., & 1 others, Oct 15 2020, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 548, 116476.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review