Microfacies evidence for the evolution of Miocene coral-reef environments in Cyprus

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Cyprus is one of the few areas Mediterranean where lower and upper Miocene coral-reefs occur in close proximity thus well suited to investigate how environmental geological changes affected reefs their associated shallow-marine facies. The prevailing conditions Terra Member Koronia are reconstructed here, using detailed microfacies comparisons skeletal, foraminiferal calcareous algal assemblages. characterised by a higher biodiversity coralline algae, large benthic foraminifera corals, mainly developed slightly deeper water (20–40 m, euphotic zone) than (< 15 m; zone). reduced late was probably caused marine environment (e.g. increased seasonality), possibly response global cooling, latitudinal gradients progressive isolation basin. observed shift reef towards zone could be explained as physical oceanographic setting, notably temperature changes, which have made more favourable for certain hermatypic corals. Similarities between carbonate facies Eratosthenes Seamount directly south, elsewhere region (e.g., Corsica; Italy; Spain), suggest that inferred operated on or even wider scale. • skeletal assemblages neritic carbonates analysed. Lower highly biodiverse 20 40 m depth. Upper display low <15 water-depth. Biodiversity decreased less favorable Miocene.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['1872-616X', '0031-0182']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110670