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Chronostratigraphy and terrestrial palaeoclimatology of Berriasian–Hauterivian strata of the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA

R. M. Joeckel, G. A. Ludvigson, A. Möller, C. L. Hotton, M. B. Suarez, C. A. Suarez, View ORCID ProfileB. Sames, View ORCID ProfileJ. I. Kirkland and B. Hendrix
Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 498, 75-100, 13 December 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP498-2018-133
R. M. Joeckel
1Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources; and Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, 615 Hardin Hall, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NB 68583-0996, USA
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G. A. Ludvigson
2Kansas Geological Survey, 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047-3724, USA
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A. Möller
3Department of Geology, Ritchie Hall, Earth, Energy and Environment Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7575, USA
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4National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
5Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA
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3Department of Geology, Ritchie Hall, Earth, Energy and Environment Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7575, USA
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C. A. Suarez
6Department of Geosciences, Gearhart Hall, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AK 72701, USA
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7Department for Geodynamics and Sedimentology, University of Vienna, UZA II, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
8Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Avenue Norman, OK 73072-7029, USA
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J. I. Kirkland
9Utah Geological Survey, 1594 W. North Temple, PO Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, USA
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3Department of Geology, Ritchie Hall, Earth, Energy and Environment Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7575, USA
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This paper presents breakthroughs in the chronostratigraphy of the heretofore poorly constrained Yellow Cat Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation, which is an important record of terrestrial environments, ecosystems and global change in the ancient North American Cordilleran foreland. Zircon populations from 10 stratigraphic horizons in the Yellow Cat Member yield youngest single-grain ages ranging from 142.5 ± 2.7 to 133.7 ± 2.7 Ma (Berriasian–late Valanginian); those from one mudstone palaeosol yield a robust Concordia Age of 136.3 ± 1.3 (Valanginian). Additionally, a new palynoflora – one of a few to be published from the Cedar Mountain Formation – is assigned to the middle Berriasian to early Hauterivian stages, based on the presence of Foraminisporis wonthaggiensis and Trilobosporites sp. cf. T. canadensis, and the absence of F. asymmetricus, Appendicisporites spp. and angiosperms. Furthermore, these chronostratigraphic data allow us to interpret part of the so-called ‘Weissert Event’ C-isotope excursion (Valanginian) in a new C-isotope profile through a palaeosol-bearing alluvial succession in the Yellow Cat Member. This research extends a firm understanding of the formation further back into the Early Cretaceous than was the case previously (except for ostracod biostratigraphy) and sets the stage for future advancements.

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Chronostratigraphy and terrestrial palaeoclimatology of Berriasian–Hauterivian strata of the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA

R. M. Joeckel, G. A. Ludvigson, A. Möller, C. L. Hotton, M. B. Suarez, C. A. Suarez, B. Sames, J. I. Kirkland and B. Hendrix
Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 498, 75-100, 13 December 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP498-2018-133
R. M. Joeckel
1Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources; and Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, 615 Hardin Hall, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NB 68583-0996, USA
Roles: [Conceptualization (Equal)], [Formal analysis (Supporting)], [Investigation (Equal)], [Methodology (Supporting)], [Project administration (Equal)], [Writing - Original Draft (Lead)], [Writing - Review & Editing (Lead)]
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  • For correspondence: rjoeckel3@unl.edu
G. A. Ludvigson
2Kansas Geological Survey, 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047-3724, USA
Roles: [Conceptualization (Lead)], [Formal analysis (Lead)], [Funding acquisition (Lead)], [Investigation (Equal)], [Methodology (Lead)], [Project administration (Supporting)], [Writing - Original Draft (Supporting)]
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A. Möller
3Department of Geology, Ritchie Hall, Earth, Energy and Environment Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7575, USA
Roles: [Data curation (Equal)], [Formal analysis (Equal)], [Funding acquisition (Equal)], [Investigation (Equal)], [Methodology (Equal)], [Resources (Equal)], [Supervision (Equal)], [Writing - Original Draft (Supporting)], [Writing - Review & Editing (Supporting)]
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C. L. Hotton
4National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
5Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA
Roles: [Data curation (Equal)], [Formal analysis (Lead)], [Investigation (Equal)], [Resources (Supporting)], [Supervision (Equal)], [Writing - Original Draft (Supporting)]
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M. B. Suarez
3Department of Geology, Ritchie Hall, Earth, Energy and Environment Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7575, USA
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C. A. Suarez
6Department of Geosciences, Gearhart Hall, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AK 72701, USA
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B. Sames
7Department for Geodynamics and Sedimentology, University of Vienna, UZA II, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
8Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Avenue Norman, OK 73072-7029, USA
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J. I. Kirkland
9Utah Geological Survey, 1594 W. North Temple, PO Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, USA
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3Department of Geology, Ritchie Hall, Earth, Energy and Environment Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7575, USA
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Chronostratigraphy and terrestrial palaeoclimatology of Berriasian–Hauterivian strata of the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA

R. M. Joeckel, G. A. Ludvigson, A. Möller, C. L. Hotton, M. B. Suarez, C. A. Suarez, B. Sames, J. I. Kirkland and B. Hendrix
Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 498, 75-100, 13 December 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP498-2018-133
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