@article{112,
  author = {L. Li and G. Keller and T. Adatte and W. Stinnesbeck},
  title = {Late Cretaceous sea-level changes in Tunisia: a multi-disciplinary approach},
  abstract = {<p>A multi-disciplinary study of sea-level and climate proxies, including bulk rock and clay mineral compositions, carbon isotopes, total organic carbon (TOC), Sr/Ca ratios, and macro- and microfaunal associations, reveals seven major sea-level regressions in the southwestern Tethys during the last 10 million years of the Cretaceous: late Campanian (c. 74.2  Ma, 73.4{\textendash}72.5  Ma and 72.2{\textendash}71.7  Ma), early Maastrichtian (70.7{\textendash}70.3  Ma, 69.6{\textendash}69.3  Ma, and 68.9{\textendash}68.3  Ma), and late Maastrichtian (65.45{\textendash}65.3  Ma). Low sea levels are generally associated with increased terrigenous influx, low kaolinite/chlorite + mica ratios, high TOC and high Sr/Ca ratios, whereas high sea levels are generally associated with the reverse conditions. These sea-level changes may be interpreted as eustatic as suggested by the global recognition of at least four of the seven major regressions identified (74.2  Ma, 70.7{\textendash}70.3  Ma, 68.9{\textendash}68.3  Ma and 65.45{\textendash}65.3  Ma). Climatic changes inferred from clay mineral contents correlate with sea-level changes: warm or humid climates accompany high sea levels and cooler or arid climates generally accompany low sea levels. <a href="https://geoweb.princeton.edu/research/keller/pubs/Liangquan_et_al_2000_LateCret.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a></p>
},
  year = {2000},
  journal = {Journal of the Geological Society},
  volume = {157},
  pages = {447 - 458},
  month = {Jan-03-2000},
  issn = {0016-7649},
  url = {http://jgs.lyellcollection.org/cgi/doi/10.1144/jgs.157.2.447http://jgs.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/doi/10.1144/jgs.157.2.447},
  doi = {10.1144/jgs.157.2.447},
  language = {eng},
}