Kindler, Pascal et al. (2006): The southern Marion Platform (Marion Plateau, NE Australia) during the early Pliocene; a lowstand-producing, temperate-water carbonate factory
Leg/Site/Hole:
Related Expeditions:
ODP 194
Identifier:
ID:
2006-062412
Type:
georefid
Creator:
Name:
Kindler, Pascal
Affiliation:
University of Geneva, Section of Earth Sciences, Geneva, Switzerland
Role:
author
Name:
Ruchonnet, Cyril
Affiliation:
Universita Federico II di Napoli, Italy
Role:
author
Name:
White, Tim
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University, United States
Role:
author
Identification:
Title:
The southern Marion Platform (Marion Plateau, NE Australia) during the early Pliocene; a lowstand-producing, temperate-water carbonate factory
Year:
2006
Source:
In: Pedley, H. M. (editor), Carannante, Gabriele (editor), Cool-water carbonates; depositional systems and palaeoenvironmental controls
Publisher:
Geological Society of London, London, United Kingdom
Volume:
255
Issue:
Pages:
269-282
Abstract:
The Southern Marion Platform (Marion Plateau, offshore NE Australia) is a drowned, isolated carbonate platform of Neogene age that was drilled during ODP Leg 194 in January-March 2001. Initial results from the Leg suggested that temperate-water carbonate production was terminated by a phase of subaerial exposure during the late Miocene, and did not resume during the ensuing Pliocene transgression. New petrographic, geochemical, isotopic and biostratigraphical data obtained from samples collected during the cruise show that the Southern Marion Platform was not subaerially exposed during the late Miocene, and further remained intermittently active during the early Pliocene. At that time, its mode of functioning was probably the reverse of that of classical, Bahamian-type, isolated platforms: sediment production occurred during sea-level lowstands and was shut off during highstands.
Language:
English
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Serial
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Coverage: Geographic coordinates: North:-20.1000 West:151.4500 East:
153.0500 South:-21.0500
Keywords: Sedimentary petrology; carbonate platforms; carbonate rocks; Cenozoic; Coral Sea; depositional environment; Leg 194; lower Pliocene; marine environment; Marion Plateau; Marion Platform; Neogene; Ocean Drilling Program; Pacific Ocean; Pliocene; sea-level changes; sedimentary rocks; South Pacific; Southwest Pacific; temperate environment; Tertiary; West Pacific;
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