Sea-level rise, depth-dependent carbonate sedimentation and the paradox of drowned platforms

Sedimentology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1677-1694

  Kim, Wonsuck ^a,b   Fouke, Bruce W ^c   Petter, Andrew L ^a   Quinn, Terrence M ^a,b   Kerans, Charles ^a   Taylor, Fred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate stratigraphy; Drowned platforms; Equilibrium time scale; Mathematical model; Relative sea level

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; CARBONATE PLATFORMS; DELAY TIME; DEPTH DEPENDENTS; DROWNED PLATFORMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXTERNAL FORCING; GROWTH POTENTIAL; GROWTH RATE POTENTIALS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INITIAL TIME; MARINE ORGANISMS; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PHOTIC ZONE; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SELF-ORGANIZED PROCESS; TIME INTERVAL; TIME-SCALES; WATER DEPTH;

ACCIDENTS; ECOLOGY; MARINE BIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBONATION;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOACCUMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTIC ZONE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER DEPTH;

EID: 84866439562     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2012.01321.x     Document Type: Article

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