The Holocene occurrence of cold water corals in the NE Atlantic: Implications for coral carbonate mound evolution

Marine Geology

Volumn 266, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 129-142

  Frank, Norbert ^a   Ricard, Estelle ^a   Lutringer Paquet, Audrey ^a   van der Land, Cees ^d   Colin, Christophe ^b   Blamart, Dominique ^a   Foubert, Anneleen ^c,e   Van Rooij, David ^c   Henriet, Jean Pierre ^c   de Haas, Henk ^d   van Weering, Tjeerd ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

carbonate mound; climate; deep sea corals; Porcupine Seabight; Rockall Bank; U series dating

Indexed keywords

COLD-WATER CORALS; CORAL GROWTH; CORAL REEF; DEEP SEA; DEEP SEA CORALS; EVOLUTION RATE; GLACIAL PERIOD; HOLOCENES; NORTH ATLANTIC; SURFACE EROSION; TIME RESOLUTION; U-SERIES DATING; VARIABLE DEPTH; WATER DEPTH;

CARBONATION;

CARBONATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL; DEEP SEA; DICOTYLEDON; GROWTH RATE; HOLOCENE; PALEOBIOLOGY; SAMPLING; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

ANTHOZOA; LOPHELIA PERTUSA; MADREPORA OCULATA;

EID: 72049124284     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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