The Holocene occurrence of cold water corals in the NE Atlantic: Implications for coral carbonate mound evolution

• Published in: Marine Geology
• Main Authors: Frank, N., Ricard, E., Lutringer-Paquet, A., van der Land, C., Colin, C., Blamart, D., Foubert, A., Van Rooij, D., Henriet, J.-P., de Haas, H., van Weering, T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Porcupine Seabight; Rockall Bank; Lophelia pertusa; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=199051

U-series dating of constructional cold-water corals is a powerful tool to reconstruct the evolution of corals on carbonate mounds. Here we have investigated the time framework of corals such as Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata on five different mound settings of the eastern North Atlantic (on...