Carbonate ramp evolution during the late Oligocene (Chattian), Salento Peninsula, southern Italy

L Pomar, G Mateu-Vicens, M Morsilli… - Palaeogeography …, 2014 - Elsevier
Oligocene carbonate ramps and platforms are widespread and though they are important
carbonate reservoirs, detailed studies on the facies organization, platform type and internal …

Epiphytic foraminiferal indices as bioindicators in Mediterranean seagrass meadows

G Mateu-Vicens, A Khokhlova… - Journal of …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Mediterranean infralittoral soft bottoms are dominated by extensive seagrass meadows of
the endemic phanerogam Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile. Both leaves and rhizomes are …

Middle Eocene seagrass facies from Apennine carbonate platforms (Italy)

L Tomassetti, A Benedetti, M Brandano - Sedimentary Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
Two stratigraphic sections located in the Latium-Abruzzi (Monte Porchio, Central Apennines,
Central Italy) and in the Apulian carbonate platform (S. Cesarea-Torre Tiggiano, Salento …

Depositional architecture and sequence stratigraphy of the oligo–Miocene Asmari platform; Southeastern Izeh zone, Zagros Basin, Iran

R Shabafrooz, A Mahboubi, H Vaziri-Moghaddam… - Facies, 2015 - Springer
In the easternmost part of the main Izeh Zone of the Zagros Mountains, Iran, the Asmari
carbonate platform system of Oligo–Miocene age is superbly exposed in three-dimensional …

[HTML][HTML] Epiphytic foraminifers as indicators of heavy-metal pollution in Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows

A Khokhlova, MN Gudnitz, P Ferriol, S Tejada… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Because of their toxicity, persistence and difficult biodegradability heavy metals are one of
the most significant pollutants in marine environments, including seagrass meadows …

Ostracods as proxies for past seagrass: a review

GF Forsey - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2016 - Elsevier
Recently, attention has been drawn to the recognition of past seagrass for which a number
of proxies have been proposed. Several studies have quoted ostracods as having some …

Testing an indirect palaeo-seagrass indicator: Benthic foraminifera from the Lower Pleistocene Posidonia meadow of Fauglia (Tuscany, Italy)

L Mariani, G Coletti, G Mateu-Vicens, G Bosio… - Marine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Well-preserved remains of a Posidonia oceanica meadow have been found in a Lower
Pleistocene (Calabrian) succession cropping out near Fauglia (Tuscany, Italy). This paper …

The seagrass skeletal assemblage from modern to fossil and from tropical to temperate: Insight from Maldivian and Mediterranean examples

M Brandano, L Tomassetti, G Mateu‐Vicens… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Seagrasses are marine angiosperms that form extensive submarine meadows in the photic
zone where carbonate producing biota dwell as epiphytes on the leaves or as infaunal …

Benthic foraminifera as proxy for fossil seagrass from the Lower Pleistocene deposits of the Stirone River (Emilia-Romagna, Italy)

L Mariani, G Coletti, G Bosio, C Tentorio… - Quaternary …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper analyses and describes the benthic foraminiferal associations within the
Pleistocene deposits of the Stirone River (Emilia-Romagna, Italy), with the purpose of testing …

Potential Resilience to Ocean Acidification of Benthic Foraminifers Living in Posidonia oceanica Meadows: The Case of the Shallow Venting Site of Panarea

L Di Bella, AM Conte, A Conti, V Esposito, M Gaglioti… - Geosciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
This research shows the results regarding the response to acidic condition of the sediment
and Posidonia foraminiferal assemblages collected around the Panarea Island. The Aeolian …