02842nas a2200205 4500008004100000245012500041210006900166300001200235490000800247520207100255100001702326700002802343700001802371700002502389700002402414700002002438700002502458700001902483856013402502 2013 eng d00aEnvironmental reconstruction of a late Burdigalian (Miocene) patch reef in deltaic deposits (East Kalimantan, Indonesia)0 aEnvironmental reconstruction of a late Burdigalian Miocene patch a110-1220 v3743 a
Most studies of Cenozoic shallow-water, mixed carbonate-siliciclastic depositional systems have focused on their sedimentology. To date, however, comprehensive analyses of biotas and biofacies of Indo-West Pacific reefs that developed in mixed carbonate-siliciclastic systems are lacking. This study describes the palaeoenvironment and biodiversity of a late Burdigalian patch reef that developed in a mixed carbonate-siliciclastic depositional system. The studied exposure is located at the northeast margin of the Kutai Basin near Bontang (Indonesia), and is approximately 80 m wide and 25 m thick. Multi-taxon analysis of the most abundant fossil groups, including larger benthic foraminifera, corals, coralline algae, and bryozoans, aims to provide a model for environmental interpretation that will allow comparison with similar deposits of Indo-West Pacific region. Based on fossil content and lithology, five different facies types have been distinguished: foraminiferal packstone (FP), bioclastic packstone with foralgal communities (BP), thin-platy coral sheetstone (CS), platy-tabular coral platestone (CP), and shales (S). Among larger benthic foraminifera, smaller and more robust forms dominate in the FP and BP facies, while larger and flatter forms are the most abundant in the CS and CP facies. Thin-platy corals are dominant in the CS facies and gradually change into thicker platy-tabular forms in the CP facies. Assemblages and growth forms of coralline algae show no major differences between the facies types and are dominated by melobesioids and Sporolithon. The majority of bryozoan species are encrusting and were found only in the CS facies. Light-dependent organisms occurring in the reef indicate low light conditions typical for mesophotic reefs. The relatively small size of this reef complex and quite distinct vertical changes in the facies types, combined with the high siliciclastic content in most of the units, points to strong terrigenous input affecting water transparency as the main factor controlling the reef growth.
1 aNovak, Vibor1 aSantodomingo, Nadiezhda1 aRösler, Anja1 aDi Martino, Emanuela1 aBraga, Juan, Carlos1 aTaylor, Paul, D1 aJohnson, Kenneth, G.1 aRenema, Willem uhttps://ipaeg.myspecies.info/content/environmental-reconstruction-late-burdigalian-miocene-patch-reef-deltaic-deposits-east-kalim00672nas a2200169 4500008004100000245012300041210006900164300001000233490000800243100002200251700002000273700001600293700001400309700002600323700001900349856013400368 2011 eng d00aInterannual climate variability in the Miocene: high resolution trace element and stable isotope ratios in giant clams0 aInterannual climate variability in the Miocene high resolution t a75-810 v3061 aBatenburg, S., J.1 aReichart, G.-J.1 aJilbert, T.1 aJanse, M.1 aWesselingh, Frank, P.1 aRenema, Willem uhttps://ipaeg.myspecies.info/content/interannual-climate-variability-miocene-high-resolution-trace-element-and-stable-isotope-rat