Rhodolith transport and immobilization on a volcanically active rocky shore: Middle Miocene at Cabeço das Laranjas on Ilhéu de Cima (Madeira Archipelago, Portugal)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 300, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 113-127

  Johnson, Markes E ^a   da Silva, Carlos M ^b   Santos, Ana ^c   Baarli, B Gudveig ^a   Cachão, Mário ^b   Mayoral, Eduardo J ^c   Rebelo, Ana Cristina ^b   Ledesma Vázquez, Jorge ^d  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coastal paleotopography; Madeira Archipelago; Middle Miocene Climate Optimum (MMCO); Obrution deposits; Rhodoliths; Serravallian Stage; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BRECCIA; CYCLONE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HURRICANE; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; INVERTEBRATE; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; RED ALGA; RHODOLITH; ROCKY SHORE; SERRAVALLIAN; SHORELINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANISM;

ANTARCTICA; MADEIRA; PORTUGAL;

INVERTEBRATA; LITHOTHAMNION; NEOGONIOLITHON; RHODOPHYTA; SPOROLITHON;

EID: 79551491699     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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