Re: paleonet Cretaceous seas...

["Andy L A Johnson" <A.L.A.Johnson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike,

Some years ago Jake (J.M.) Hancock made an estimate of sea-level in the
Cretaceous relative to today - 250 metres higher, I think. ??J. Geol.
Soc. Lond.
                                Andy Johnson

Dr Andrew L.A. Johnson
Geography, Earth, Environment and Sport
School of Science
Faculty of Education, Health and Sciences
University of Derby
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Derby DE22 1GB, U.K.

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>>> Mike Everhart <mike@oceansofkansas.com> 06/10/2006 17:48 >>>
All,
Can someone point me to research that estimates the amount of the 
earth's surface covered by oceans during the Late Cretaceous? 
Currently 
about 71% of the earth's surface is covered, but with no ice caps, high

sea levels and epicontinental seas encroaching on most continents, it 
had to have been somewhere around 80-85%.

Regards,

Mike Everhart
Adjunct Curator of Paleontology
Sternberg Museum of Natural History
Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS
www.oceansofkansas.com 




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