The Miocene: The future of the past

M Steinthorsdottir, HK Coxall… - Paleoceanography …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Miocene epoch (23.03–5.33 Ma) was a time interval of global warmth, relative
to today. Continental configurations and mountain topography transitioned toward modern …

Production of Sodium Bicarbonate with Saline Brine and CO2 Co-Utilization: Comparing Modified Solvay Approaches

A Ali, CE Mendes, LGTC de Melo, J Wang, RM Santos - Crystals, 2023 - mdpi.com
The present work investigates the production of sodium bicarbonate in combination with the
co-utilization of saline brine and carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS). The …

Seasonal upwelling conditions promote growth and calcification in reef‐building coralline algae

L Pulecio‐Plaza, G Diaz‐Pulido… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Crustose coralline algae (CCA) are important components of reef ecology contributing to
reef framework construction. However, little is known about how seasonal upwelling systems …

Warm, not cold temperatures contributed to a Late Miocene reef decline in the Coral Sea

B Petrick, L Reuning, G Auer, Y Zhang, M Pfeiffer… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Evidence shows that in the modern ocean, coral reefs are disappearing, and these losses
are tied to climate change. However, research also shows that coral reefs can adapt rapidly …

3-D seismic chronostratigraphy of reefs and drifts in the Browse Basin, NW Australia

S Thronberens, S Back, J Bourget, T Allan… - …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In its subsurface, the Browse Basin on the Australian Northwest Shelf accommodates one of
the largest Miocene–Pliocene carbonate platform provinces on Earth. This study presents a …

Slow-growing reef corals as climate archives: A case study of the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum 40 Ma ago

TC Brachert, T Felis, C Gagnaison, M Hoehle… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The skeletons of stony corals on tropical shallow-water reefs are high-resolution climate
archives. However, their systematic use for unlocking climate dynamics of the geologic past …

Elevated Tropical Sea Surface Temperatures During the Globally Warm Miocene Caused Heat Stress for Caribbean Coral Reefs

TC Brachert, L Schwark - Terra Nova, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The warm Miocene (23.0–5.3 Ma) is considered a model case for the global
climate of the near future. In view of the current coral reef crisis, studies on Miocene reefs …

Ultra-high-resolution stable isotope sampling of slow-growing and fragile coral skeletons

P Spreter, M Reuter, TC Brachert… - Palaeogeography …, 2020 - Elsevier
The calcareous (CaCO 3) skeleton of massive scleractinian corals represents a reliable
archive for environmental proxy data. Stable carbon and oxygen isotope records built from …

Changes in Coral Skeleton Growth Recorded by Density Band Stratigraphy, Crystalline Structure, and Hiatuses

KW Fouke, JM Trop, M Sivaguru - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Next-generation high resolution brightfield microscopy, x-radiography, and microcomputed
tomography (microCT) analyses indicate that coral skeleton high density band (HDB) and …

[HTML][HTML] The history of deposition and post-deposition and their effects on the reservoir quality of Asmari Formation in Ahvaz oilfield

A Heidari, M Faraji, N Shokri - Iranian Journal of Geology, 2023 - rimag.ir
The carbonate interval of the Asmari formation along with sandstone deposits were
deposited in most areas of the Zagros sedimentary Basin, including the Ahvaz area, in Oligo …