The wider context of the Lower Jurassic Toarcian oceanic anoxic event in Yorkshire coastal outcrops, UK

The authors warmly thank Mads E. Jelby and Anders L. Ebbesen for help in collecting samples in the field. NT is thankful to Christian Bjerrum for use of the HH-XRF gun and fruitful discussions on calibration of the device, to Samer Bou Daher for fruitful discussions on organic geochemistry and to Michaël Hermoso for fruitful discussion on the Sancerre-Couy data and geochemistry of the Toarcian event. The Carlsberg Foundation (project 2011-01-0737 to CK) and the Danish Council for Independent Research-Natural Sciences (project 09-072715 to CK) are acknowledged for contributions to financing this project. This manuscript strongly benefited from high-quality reviews and many constructive comments of Mathieu Martinez and an anonymous reviewer. Many thanks to Raven Hall for a fantastic view and for their food of a high standard that contradicted the French opinion on English cuisine.Peer reviewedPostprin