- 责任者：Chen Xi (Research Center of Tibetan Plateau Geology ; China University of Geosciences ; Beijing 100083 ; China) ; Wang Chengshan
- 刊名：Geoscience
- 出版年：2011
- 卷期：25(3)
- 关键词：白垩纪 ; Cretaceous ; 冰川环境 ; glacial environment
- 页码：p.409-418
- 图表：2 illus., 1 table, 73 refs.
- 分类号：1200
- 出版序号：1108
- issnNo：ISSN1000-8527
- isbnNo：CN11-2035/P
The Cretaceous, representing the warmest period during Phanerozoic, contains sparse and frequently equivocal evidences for glaciers or even polar ice sheet. This paper compiled the evidences from previous publications including dropstones, tillites, glendonites, eustasy fluctuations and δ18O values. The potential glaciations most possibly existed in the following intervals: Berriasian-Valanginian, late Valanginian, Barremian, Aptian-Albian transition, Albian-Cenomanian boundary, middle and latest Cenomanian, middle Turonian, middle Coniacian, early Santonian, late Campanian, Campanian-Maastrichtian transition and latest Maastrichtian. The Cretaceous glaciers were small and ephemeral if they did exist. It is suggested that the Cretaceous glaciers could exist during short intervals of peak Milankovitch insolation.