Coring the sedimentary expression of the early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event: new stratigraphic records from the Tethys Ocean
Dipartimento di Science della Terra, Università degli Studi di
Milano, Milano, Italy
Gabriele Gambacorta
Dipartimento di Science della Terra, Università degli Studi di
Milano, Milano, Italy
Stefano Visentin
Dipartimento di Science della Terra, Università degli Studi di
Milano, Milano, Italy
Liyenne Cavalheiro
Dipartimento di Science della Terra, Università degli Studi di
Milano, Milano, Italy
Dario Reolon
Dipartimento di Science della Terra, Università degli Studi di
Milano, Milano, Italy
Giulia Faucher
Dipartimento di Science della Terra, Università degli Studi di
Milano, Milano, Italy
Matteo Pegoraro
Dipartimento di Science della Terra, Università degli Studi di
Milano, Milano, Italy
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Short summary
The Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (T-OAE) was cored at Colle di Sogno and Gajum in the Lombardy Basin (northern Italy), where pelagic successions guarantee a continuous record of this paleoenvironmental perturbation. The Sogno and Gajum cores recovered high-quality sediments deposited prior to, during, and after the T-OAE. Ongoing research is devoted to reconstructing the marine ecosystem dynamics and resilience under short- and long-term perturbations analogous to current global changes.
The Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (T-OAE) was cored at Colle di Sogno and Gajum in the Lombardy...