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 …

Reef building and carbonate production modes in the west-central Tethys during the Cenozoic

L Pomar, JI Baceta, P Hallock, G Mateu-Vicens… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2017 - Elsevier
Changing components, rock textures, lithofacies, platform types and architecture throughout
time are unique characteristics of carbonate rocks. Characterizing these attributes has been …

Carbonate factories: a conundrum in sedimentary geology

L Pomar, P Hallock - Earth-Science Reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
Describing, characterizing and interpreting the nearly infinite variety of carbonate rocks are
conundrums–intricate and difficult problems having only conjectural answers–that have …

Impacts of ocean warming on coralline algal calcification: Meta-analysis, knowledge gaps, and key recommendations for future research

CE Cornwall, G Diaz-Pulido, S Comeau - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Coralline algae are foundation species in many hard-bottom ecosystems acting as a
settlement substrate, and binding together and even creating reefs in some locations. Ocean …

Implications of reef ecosystem change for the stability and maintenance of coral reef islands

CT Perry, PS Kench, SG Smithers, B Riegl… - Global Change …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Coral reef islands are among the most vulnerable environments on Earth to climate change
because they are low lying and largely constructed from unconsolidated sediments that can …

Refinement of Miocene sea level and monsoon events from the sedimentary archive of the Maldives (Indian Ocean)

C Betzler, GP Eberli, T Lüdmann, J Reolid… - Progress in Earth and …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 359 cored sediments
from eight borehole locations in the carbonate platform of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean …

[HTML][HTML] Miocene paleoceanographic evolution of the Mediterranean area and carbonate production changes: A review

I Cornacchia, M Brandano, S Agostini - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Miocene is a key interval in the global climate evolution as well as in the geodynamic
evolution of the Mediterranean basin. Therefore, global and regional factors controlled …

[图书][B] Quaternary coral reef systems: history, development processes and controlling factors

LF Montaggioni, CJR Braithwaite - 2009 - books.google.com
This book presents both state-of-the art knowledge from Recent coral reefs (1.8 million to a
few centuries old) gained since the eighties, and introduces geologists, oceanographers …

Heterozoan carbonates: When, where and why? A synthesis on parameters controlling carbonate production and occurrences

J Michel, J Borgomano, JJG Reijmer - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
In modern and Phanerozoic times, heterozoan carbonates group a large array of
depositional environments from the poles to the tropics. This global assessment reviews the …

Heterozoan carbonates in oligotrophic tropical waters: the Attard member of the lower coralline limestone formation (Upper Oligocene, Malta)

M Brandano, V Frezza, L Tomassetti… - Palaeogeography …, 2009 - Elsevier
Photozoan and heterozoan skeletal assemblages are controlled by their trophic
requirements (ie light-based photosynthesis versus other sources) and temperature …