Palaeoecology and evolution of marine hard substrate communities

PD Taylor, MA Wilson - Earth-Science Reviews, 2003 - Elsevier
Marine organisms have occupied hard substrates since the Archaean. Shells, rocks, wood
and sedimentary hardgrounds offer relatively stable habitats compared to unconsolidated …

Sea-level trends across The Bahamas constrain peak last interglacial ice melt

B Dyer, J Austermann, WJ D'Andrea… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
During the last interglacial (LIG) period, global mean sea level (GMSL) was higher than at
present, likely driven by greater high-latitude insolation. Past sea-level estimates require …

Sea-level change and superstorms; geologic evidence from the last interglacial (MIS 5e) in the Bahamas and Bermuda offers ominous prospects for a warming Earth

PJ Hearty, BR Tormey - Marine Geology, 2017 - Elsevier
Geological observations from last interglacial (LIG; MIS 5e, Eemian) carbonate landscapes
in the Bahamas and Bermuda reveal a turbulent climate transition at the close of the peak …

Rapid sea-level rise and reef back-stepping at the close of the last interglacial highstand

P Blanchon, A Eisenhauer, J Fietzke, V Liebetrau - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
Abstract Widespread evidence of a+ 4–6-m sea-level highstand during the last interglacial
period (Marine Isotope Stage 5e) has led to warnings that modern ice sheets will deteriorate …

Sea-level oscillations during the last interglacial highstand recorded by Bahamas corals

WG Thompson, H Allen Curran, MA Wilson… - Nature Geoscience, 2011 - nature.com
Rapid sea-level changes during the last interglacial highstand have been inferred from
distinct stratigraphic units, which suggest multiple episodes of reef growth. However, it is …

Animal–substrate interactions preserved in ancient lagoonal chalk

FL Valencia, MG Mángano, LA Buatois, JC Laya - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Trace-fossil assemblages reflect the response of the benthos to sets of paleoenvironmental
conditions during and immediately after sedimentation. Trace fossils have been widely …

Characterization and interpretation of discontinuity surfaces in a Jurassic ramp setting (High Atlas, Morocco)

N Christ, A Immenhauser, F Amour, M Mutti… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Discontinuity surfaces are widely recognized but often poorly understood features of epeiric
carbonate settings. In sedimentary systems, these features often represent hiatus surfaces …

Stratigraphy, palaeoenvironments and model for the deposition of the Abdur Reef Limestone: context for an important archaeological site from the last interglacial on …

JH Bruggemann, RT Buffler, MMM Guillaume… - Palaeogeography …, 2004 - Elsevier
Stone tools discovered within uplifted marine terraces along the Red Sea coast of Eritrea at
the Abdur Archaeological Site, dated to 125±7 ka (the last interglacial, marine isotope stage …

Anatomy of a late Quaternary carbonate island: Constraints on timing and magnitude of sea-level fluctuations, West Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands, BWI

C Kerans, C Zahm, SL Bachtel, P Hearty… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
The data set of the island of West Caicos consists of a combination of high-resolution lidar
and digital imagery, radiometric data, and amino acid racemization (AAR) D/L values as well …

Relative sea-level change during the Last Interglacial as recorded in Bahamian fossil reefs

A Skrivanek, J Li, A Dutton - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite an abundance of Usingle bondTh age data for Last Interglacial fossil corals in the
Bahamas, the accuracy and precision of corresponding elevation data are poor, casting …