@conference {2004,
	title = {Larger benthic foraminifera {\textendash} faunal pioneers in mixed carbonate-siliciclastic systems},
	booktitle = {2012 GSA Annual Meeting},
	year = {2012},
	month = {04/11/2012},
	address = {Charlotte, NC},
	abstract = {Larger benthic foraminifera are one of the most abundant and widespread organisms in shallow marine tropical
environments. Their role as rapid colonizers of new substrates has been suggested, but little is still known to support
this idea. To address this question, larger benthic foraminifera assemblages have been studied in the
paleoenvironmental reconstruction of a Langhian (Middle Miocene) shallow-water patch reef, as part of a broader multitaxon
fossil comunity analysis, including corals, coralline algae, and bryozoans. The studied outcrop (approx. 80 m
wide and 25 m thick) is located at the northeast margin of the Kutai Basin near Bontang (Indonesia).
The patch-reef was developed in mixed carbonate-siliciclastic depositional environment and despite the high
terrigenous input affecting water transparency, this reef contains a diverse marine biota. Five different facies types were
distinguished based on lithology and fossil content: foraminifera packstone, bioclastic packstone with foralgal
communities, thin-platy coral sheetstone, platy-tabular coral platestone, and shales. Excluding the fossil barren shales
facies, only larger benthic foraminifera occur in all four remaining facies types, showing the ability to rapidly adapt to
changes in environment. In the current study, high siliciclastic input caused fluctuations in light levels, but also resulted
in deposition of soft-bottom substrate. In newly developed conditions, the larger benthic foraminifera appear first and
mark the initiation of reef growth.
The persistence of LBF throughout the fossil reef succession indicates their high tolerance to terrigenous input and also
highlight the role of foraminifera as primary colonizers, proving themselves as important faunal pioneers, particularly in
mixed carbonate-siliciclastic systems.},
	author = {Vibor Novak and Nadiezhda Santodomingo and Willem Renema}
}
@conference {2003,
	title = {Burdigalian turbid water patch reef environment revealed by larger benthic foraminifera},
	booktitle = {The EGU General Assembly 2012},
	year = {2012},
	month = {22/04/2012},
	address = {Vienna},
	abstract = {Ancient isolated patch reefs outcropping from siliciclastic sediments are a trademark for the Miocene carbonate
deposits occurring in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. They develop in transitional shelf sediments deposited between
deltaic and deep marine deposits (Allen and Chambers, 1998). The Batu Putih Limestone (Wilson, 2005) and similar
outcrops in adjacent areas have been characterized as shallow water carbonates influenced by high siliciclastic
input, showing low relief patch reefs in turbid waters. Larger benthic foraminifera (LBF) are excellent markers
for biochronology and paleoenvironmental reconstruction. This study aims to reveal age and paleoenvironment
of a shallow water carbonate patch reef developed in mixed depositional system by using LBF and microfacies
analysis.
The studied section is located near Bontang, East Kalimantan, and is approximately 80 m long and 12 m high.
It is placed within Miocene sediments in the central part of the Kutai Basin. Patch reef and capping sediments
were logged through eight transects along section and divided into nine different lithological units from which
samples were collected. Thin sections and isolated specimens of larger benthic foraminifera were analyzed and
recognized to species level (where possible) providing age and environmental information. Microfacies analysis
of thin sections included carbonate classification (textural scheme of Dunham, 1962) and assemblage composition
of LBF, algae and corals relative abundance. Three environmentally indicative groups of LBF were separated
based on test morphology, habitat or living relatives (Hallock and Glenn, 1986).
Analysed foraminifera assemblage suggests Burdigalian age (Tf1). With use of microfacies analysis nine
successive lithological units were grouped into five facies types. Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of LBF fossil
assemblage indicate two cycles of possible deepening recorded in the section. Based on high muddy matrix
ratio in analyzed thin-sections we still cannot conclude whether they were deeper water assemblage, or that they
occurred in shallower water and influenced by turbid conditions as the result of terrigenous input. According to
preliminary analysis and siliciclastic content in the sediments the later one should be more likely. Further work
will include additional fossil groups analysis (corals, algae and bryozoans), detailed petrographical analysis and
Strontium isotope stratigraphy.},
	author = {Vibor Novak and Willem Renema and the Throughflow Project}
}
@article {1990,
	title = {Development of a turbid reef in the Middle Miocene (East Kalimantan, Indonesia)},
	journal = {Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs},
	volume = {77},
	year = {2012},
	pages = {623},
	address = {Charlotte, North Carolina, USA},
	keywords = {INDONESIA, marginal ecosystems, Miocene, palaeonvironmental reconstruction, patch reefs},
	url = {https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2012AM/webprogram/Paper209284.html},
	author = {Nadiezhda Santodomingo and Vibor Novak and Nathan Marshall and Emanuela Di Martino and Nicholas Fraser and Elena LoGiudice and Vedrana Pretkovi{\'c} and Anja R{\"o}sler and Willem Renema and Kenneth G. Johnson}
}
@conference {1981,
	title = {Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of a Miocene patch reef in East Kalimantan (Indonesia): a close-up on the bryozoan component},
	booktitle = {IBA Larwood Meeting },
	year = {2012},
	month = {31/05/2012},
	address = {Brno Czech Republic},
	author = {Emanuela Di Martino and Paul D. Taylor and Vibor Novak and Nadiezhda Santodomingo and Anja R{\"o}sler and Juan Carlos Braga and Kenneth G. Johnson and Willem Renema}
}
@conference {1978,
	title = {Environmental reconstruction of a Langhian patch reef (East Kalimantan, Indonesia)},
	booktitle = {Lyell Meeting 2012},
	year = {2012},
	month = {29/03/2012},
	author = {Vibor Novak and Nadiezhda Santodomingo and Anja R{\"o}sler and Emanuela Di Martino and Juan C. Braga and Paul D Taylor and Kenneth G. Johnson and Willem Renema}
}
@conference {1977,
	title = {Bryozoans from a Langhian patch reef in East Kalimantan (Indonesia)},
	booktitle = {Giornate di Paleontologia XII edizione {\textendash} Catania, 24-26 Maggio 2012 },
	year = {2012},
	month = {24/05/2012},
	address = {Catania, Italy},
	author = {Emanuela Di Martino and Paul D. Taylor and Vibor Novak and Nadiezhda Santodomingo and Anja R{\"o}sler and Juan Carlos Braga and Kenneth G. Johnson and Willem Renema}
}
