Climate signatures in corals of the tropical-temperate transition zone (Late Miocene, Crete/Greece)

• Main Author: Reuter, Markus
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz 2006
• Subjects: ddc:500; Arctic; Tilting; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/3560; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12030/3560; https://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-3558

The present study describes a Late Miocene (early Tortonian - early Messinian) transitional carbonate system that combines elements of tropical and cool-water carbonate systems (Irakleion Basin, island of Crete, Greece). As documented by stratal geometries, the submarine topography of the basin was...