Freshwater discharge and sediment dispersal - Control on growth, ecological structure and geometry of Late Miocene shallow-water coral ecosystems (early Tortonian, Crete/Greece)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 308-328

  Reuter, Markus ^a   Brachert, Thomas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coral biostromes; Crete; Growth fabric; Palaeoecology; Reef demise; Tortonian

Indexed keywords

CORAL RECORD; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FRESHWATER; GEOMETRY; GROWTH; MIOCENE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHALLOW WATER; TORTONIAN;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MESSARA BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; PORITES; PYRGOMATIDAE; THORACICA;

EID: 35348951535     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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