Precession-driven monsoonal activity controlled the development of the early Albian Paquier oceanic anoxic event (OAE1b): Evidence from the Vocontian Basin, SE France

In the Vocontian Basin in southeastern France, the Aptian-Albian boundary is marked by the occurrence of four laminated black shales (Jacob, Kilian, Paquier, Leenhardt) corresponding to Oceanic Anoxic Event 1b (OAE1b). Equivalents of one or more of these intervals are also known from different regions in the Tethys, Atlantic, and Pacific, and correspond in time to major climatic and evolutionary perturbations. Here, we performed an integrated...