Re: paleonet Cretaceous seas...

[Mike Everhart <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks..... The graphic certainly shows the highstand during the Late 
Cretaceous... now I need to convert depth into areal coverage...

I might take this opportunity to remind everyone that the cited Hallam 
article:
         Hallam, A. 1989. The case for sea-level change as a dominant 
causal factor in mass extinctions of marine invertebrates. /Phil. Trans. 
Royal Soc. B/ 325, 437-455.

and many others are available on-line (and free) from the Royal Society 
website through mid-November:
http://www.royalsoc.co.uk/news.asp?id=5165

Click on the "archives" at the bottom of the page.

Regards,
Mike Everhart

> Based on sea level curves by Hallam et al. and Exxon, sea level varied 
> greatly during the Cretaceous: 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Phanerozoic_Sea_Level.png
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> Though its maximum was indeed ~250 m higher.
>
> Andy L A Johnson wrote:
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>> Mike,
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>> 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
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