Hard- and soft-bottom thanatofacies from the Santa Maria di Leuca deep-water coral province, Mediterranean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 360-379

  Rosso, A ^a   Vertino, A ^a,b   Di Geronimo, I ^a   Sanfilippo, R ^a   Sciuto, F ^a   Di Geronimo, R ^a   Violanti, D ^c   Corselli, C ^d   Taviani, M ^b   Mastrototaro, F ^e   Tursi, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche e Geotecnologie   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioclastic assemblages; Coral mounds; Deep water benthos; Holocene; Mediterranean; Temperate carbonates

Indexed keywords

COARSE-GRAINED; CORAL MOUNDS; CORAL RUBBLE; DEEPWATER; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; FORAMINIFERS; HOLOCENES; ISIDELLA; PLEISTOCENE SEDIMENTS; SEA FLOOR; SOFT-BOTTOM; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TAXONOMIC GROUPS; TROPICAL CARBONATES;

SEDIMENTS; WATER;

CARBONATES;

CARBONATE; CORAL; DEEP WATER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES; FORAMINIFERA; PLEISTOCENE; SEAFLOOR; SPATIAL VARIATION; TAXONOMY;

CAPO SANTA MARIA DI LEUCA; ITALY; LECCE; PUGLIA;

ANTHOZOA; BRYOZOA; FORAMINIFERA; GRYPHUS; ISIDELLA; MADREPORA OCULATA; MOLLUSCA; OSTRACODA; SERPULIDAE; THORACICA;

EID: 77549088336     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.08.024     Document Type: Article

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