Quaternary Coral Reef Systems : History, development processes and controlling factors
Lucien F. Montaggioni
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Burlington : : Elsevier Science, , 2009.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (550 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Front cover; Quaternary Coral Reef Systems: History, Development Processes and Controlling Factors; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction: Quaternary Reefs in Time and Space; 1.1. The Reef Phenomenon: Definitions and History of Discovery and Research; 1.2. Types of Coral Reefs; 1.3. Geographical Distribution of Corals and Coral Reefs; 1.4. Modern Tropical Climate Modes; 1.5. Quaternary Time Scales; 1.6. Trends in the Quaternary Climate Dynamics; 1.7. Establishing the Chronology of Quaternary Coral Reefs; 1.8. Methods of Obtaining Data. - 4.1. Introduction4.2. Controls on Reef Development and Distribution; 4.3. Controls on Reef Community Preservation: The Taphonomic Approach; 4.4. Conclusions; Chapter 5. Patterns of Carbonate Production and Deposition on Reefs; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Patterns of Reef Carbonate Production; 5.3. Patterns of Reef Carbonate Deposition; 5.4. Conclusions; Chapter 6. Reef Anatomy and Stratigraphy; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Morphology and Anatomy of Holocene Reefs; 6.3. Structure and Pleistocene Stratigraphy of Barrier Reefs and Atolls; 6.4. Stratigraphy of Emerged Reef Terraces. - 6.5. Stratigraphy of Submerged Reef Terraces and Banks6.6. Reef Stratigraphy and Numerical Modelling; 6.7. Conclusions; Chapter 7. Reef Hydrogeology; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. External Hydrology: Water Characteristics and Reef Responses to Waves and Currents; 7.3. Groundwater Hydrology; 7.4. Conclusions; Chapter 8. Reef Diagenesis; 8.1. Introduction; 8.2. Mineralogy of Sediment Components; 8.3. Cements in Quaternary Reef Limestones; 8.4. Replacement and Dissolution; 8.5. Hydrological Control of Flow Rates; 8.6. Rates of Reef Diagenesis; 8.7. Diagenetic Sequences; 8.8. Dolomite and Reefs. - 8.9. Phosphorites8.10. Conclusions; Chapter 9. Corals and Coral Reefs as Records of Climatic Change; 9.1. Introduction; 9.2. Individual Coral Colonies as Records of Climate; 9.3. Climate Reconstruction based on Individual Coral Colonies; 9.4. Coral Reefs as Records of Sea-Level Change; 9.5. Conclusions; Chapter 10. Conclusions: Coral Reefs from the Past to the Future; 10.1. The Historical Perspective; 10.2. The Role of Controlling Factors in Reef Growth and Distribution; 10.3. The Fossil Record as a Proxy for the Future of Reefs; 10.4. Global Warming and the Future of Reefs; 10.5. Prospective. - Chapter 2. Palaeobiogeography: Evaluation of the Inheritance from the Tertiary2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Development Patterns of Tertiary Coral Reefs; 2.3. Temporal and Spatial Variations in Coral and Calcareous Algal Diversity; 2.4. Conclusions; Chapter 3. Structure, Zonation and Dynamic Patterns of Coral Reef Communities; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Structure and Zonation of Modern Reef Communities; 3.3. Structure and Zonation of Quaternary Reef Communities; 3.4. Dynamic Patterns of Reef Communities; 3.5. Conclusions; Chapter 4. Controls on the Development, Distribution and Preservation of Reefs. - References. - This book presents both state-of-the art knowledge from Recent (1.8 million to a few millennia-old) coral reefs gained since the eighties, and introduces geologists, oceanographers and environmentalists to sedimentological and paleoecological studies of an ecosystem encompassing some of the world's richest biodiversity. Scleractinian reefs first appeared about 240 million years ago, coral reef systems provide some of the most sensitive gauges of environmental change, expressing the complex interplay of chemical, physical, geological and biological factors. The topics covered include the
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| ISBN | 0444532471. - 9780444532473
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