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- Title
Palaeoceanographic controls on reef deposition: the Messinian Cariatiz reef (Sorbas Basin, Almería, SE Spain).
- Authors
SÁNCHEZ-ALMAZO, I. M.; BRAGA, J. C.; DINARÈS-TURELL, J.; MARTÍN, J. M.; SPIRO, B.
- Abstract
The Cariatiz section lies at the toe of the palaeoslope of the Messinian Cariatiz fringing reef, at the northern margin of the Neogene Sorbas Basin in SE Spain. Distal-slope reef deposits in the upper part of the section can be traced laterally to the reef core of the last episodes of reef progradation. The underlying deposits are alternating diatomitic marl, marl and silty marl that intercalate with sandstone beds. Combined lithological changes, variations in proportions of warm-water planktic foraminifera and δ18O values suggest that at least seven, probably precessional, cycles are recorded throughout the Cariatiz section. The correlation of seven cycles in the pelagic deposits to seven reef progradation cycles, and associated vertical shifts in reef facies, indicates relative sea-level oscillations of several tens of metres. Biostratigraphic and palaeomagnetic data suggest that both the Cariatiz section and the fringing reef formed during the reverse polarity Chron C3r. Surface-water temperatures seem to be the major factor controlling carbonate production in the reef system. Deposition of bioclastic calcirudite and calcarenite, with no active coral growth, took place at the lowest sea-level within each reef cycle during temperature minima within each precessional cycle. Porites framework and reef-slope deposits with Halimeda gravel, in contrast, formed during temperature rises and thermal maxima within precessional cycles.
- Subjects
SOUTHERN Spain; NEOGENE paleoceanography; OCEAN-atmosphere interaction; OCEAN temperature; SLOPES (Physical geography); NEOCENE stratigraphic geology
- Publication
Sedimentology, 2007, Vol 54, Issue 3, p637
- ISSN
0037-0746
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00853.x