Carbonate budget of a cold-water coral carbonate mound: Propeller Mound, Porcupine Seabight
Issue Title: Carbonate Mounds on the NW European Margin: A window into Earth History High resolution studies from the Propeller Mound, a cold-water coral carbonate mound in the NE Atlantic, show that this mound consists of >50% carbonate justifying the name 'carbonate mound'. Through th...
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Veröffentlicht in: | International journal of earth sciences : Geologische Rundschau 2007-02, Vol.96 (1), p.73-83 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Issue Title: Carbonate Mounds on the NW European Margin: A window into Earth History High resolution studies from the Propeller Mound, a cold-water coral carbonate mound in the NE Atlantic, show that this mound consists of >50% carbonate justifying the name 'carbonate mound'. Through the last ~300,000 years approximately one third of the carbonate has been contributed by cold-water corals, namely Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata. This coral bound contribution to the carbonate budget of Propeller Mound is probably accompanied by an unknown portion of sediments buffered from suspension by the corals. However, extended hiatuses in Propeller Mound sequences only allow the calculation of a net carbonate accumulation. Thus, net carbonate accumulation for the last 175 kyr accounts for only |
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ISSN: | 1437-3254 1437-3262 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00531-005-0493-0 |