Ocean Drilling Constrains Carbonate Platform Formation and Miocene Sea Level on the Australian Margin

Authors

Alexandra R. Isern, National Science Foundation
F. S. Anselmetti, National Science Foundation
P. Blum, National Science Foundation
Shipboard Scientific Party

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-2001

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1029/01EO00279

Abstract

Carbonate platforms are large geologic structures composed of the remains of formerly living, calcium carbonate‐secreting organisms that can develop in environments ranging from tropical to temperate, and in locations that are free of siliceous sediment to those with significant amounts of sediment from land. Because these platforms are composed of biogenic remains sensitive to changes in environmental conditions such as sea level, wind or currents, nutrient content, and water temperature, the study of carbonate platforms provides fundamental information regarding environmental change in a range of environments. In addition to their high‐quality environmental record, carbonate platforms are often important petroleum reservoirs. Thus, much effort has been expended in both the academic and industrial sectors in order to understand the growth, development, and associated diagenetic alteration of carbonate platforms.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, v. 82, issue 41, p. 469-476

©2001. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.

Scholar Commons Citation

Isern, Alexandra R.; Anselmetti, F. S.; Blum, P.; and Shipboard Scientific Party, "Ocean Drilling Constrains Carbonate Platform Formation and Miocene Sea Level on the Australian Margin" (2001). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 1252.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/1252