Cretaceous Resin Interval
Conservació de la biodiversitat
Cretaceous Resinous Interval. Abiotic and biotic causes and its palaeoecological implications (CREI)
The project focuses on explaining the mass production of resin during the Cretaceous Resin Interval (CREI). In the CREI (Barremiense-Campaniense), the climate was warmer with greater concentrations of greenhouse gases, causing changes in continental biota and the formation of modern terrestrial ecosystems. The resin, abundant in this period, trapped organisms in the forest, preserving them in amber. Various groups of conifers, influenced by global and local abiotic factors, such as atmospheric composition, climate, continental distribution and volcanic activity, generated the most relevant amber deposits. The main objective is to establish relationships between abiotic and biotic causes in this process. CREI (CGL2017-84419) is funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.
