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dc.contributor.authorMossadegh, Z.
dc.contributor.authorParker, J.
dc.contributor.authorGischler, E.
dc.contributor.authorOschmann, W.
dc.contributor.authorBlakeway, David
dc.contributor.authorEisenhauer, A.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:39:25Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:39:25Z
dc.date.created2017-01-23T19:30:24Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationMossadegh, Z. and Parker, J. and Gischler, E. and Oschmann, W. and Blakeway, D. and Eisenhauer, A. 2013. Palaeoecology of well-preserved coral communities in a siliciclastic environment from the Late Pleistocene (MIS 7), Kish Island, Persian Gulf (Iran): The development of low-relief reef frameworks (biostromes) in increasingly restricted environments. International Journal of Earth Sciences. 102 (2): pp. 545-570.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4466
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00531-012-0802-3
dc.description.abstract

Major changes in community structure and depositional relief of high-latitude coral communities in the southern Persian Gulf between marine isotope stage (MIS) 7 and the present day suggest that the area has become increasingly restricted. Corals and bivalves from outcrops on Kish Island, Iran, were identified in order to interpret the Late Pleistocene palaeoenvironmental setting. U/Th disequilibrium dating was used to constrain the ages of the stratigraphic units. During MIS 7, two coral-bearing sequences were deposited on what is now Kish Island. The lower sequence is dated as MIS 7. 5 and changes laterally from an assemblage dominated by Cyphastrea sp. and Platygyra daedalea in the west to one characterized by branching Montipora in the east. By contrast, the upper sequence, dated as MIS 7. 1, transitions from an assemblage dominated by platy Montipora in the west to a diverse assemblage of Platygyra and other faviids in the east. The assemblages of both sequences are within a marl matrix and bounded by thin lithified mollusc-rich layers. Corals and bivalves indicate that the sequences were deposited on gentle slopes in sheltered environments less than 20 m deep. The MIS 7 deposits may be classified as coral carpets or biostromes that developed a low-relief framework. During MIS 5, coral communities were no longer framework building and are now limited to an Acropora-rich layer of coral rubble that covers large parts of the island, and two small incipient reefs with sparse faviids. Similarities between the MIS 5 and modern nearshore coral communities suggest that the environmental conditions during MIS 5 were comparable to those of today. The late Pleistocene coral carpets and non-framework coral communities of the southern Persian Gulf may serve as models for coral biostromes in the fossil record, which formed under restricted environmental conditions such as elevated terrigenous input, high turbidity, and strong seasonal changes in temperature and/or salinity.

dc.publisherSpringer
dc.titlePalaeoecology of well-preserved coral communities in a siliciclastic environment from the Late Pleistocene (MIS 7), Kish Island, Persian Gulf (Iran): The development of low-relief reef frameworks (biostromes) in increasingly restricted environments
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume102
dcterms.source.number2
dcterms.source.startPage545
dcterms.source.endPage570
dcterms.source.issn1437-3254
dcterms.source.titleInternational Journal of Earth Sciences
curtin.departmentDepartment of Environment and Agriculture
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