Yorkshire Philosophical Society

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Muddy Bottoms: response of Jurassic seafloors to palaeoenvironmental change

Dr Bryony A. Caswell, University of Hull, UK

This talk will consider changes on seafloors, during the Toarcian and Kimmeridgian stages of the Jurassic. I will present on my past and new work asking how the marine ecosystems recorded within these mudrocks responded to palaeoenvironmental changes, including global warming and ocean deoxygenation, in the Cleveland and Wessex basins. I will explore how this compares to the changes occurring in the present-day and what it can teach us about how marine communities and ecosystems might respond in the future ocean.

Lecture to be held in the Tempest Anderson Lecture Theatre, Yorkshire Museum,
YO1 7DR at 2.30pm

ALL WELCOME.

Image: Geological exposure of the Whitby Mudstone Formation at Port Mulgrave, UK

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