Reef building and carbonate production modes in the west-central Tethys during the Cenozoic

L Pomar, JI Baceta, P Hallock, G Mateu-Vicens… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2017 - Elsevier
Changing components, rock textures, lithofacies, platform types and architecture throughout
time are unique characteristics of carbonate rocks. Characterizing these attributes has been …

Late Paleocene–early Eocene Tethyan carbonate platform evolution—a response to long-and short-term paleoclimatic change

C Scheibner, RP Speijer - Earth-science reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
The early Paleogene experienced the most pronounced long-term warming trend of the
Cenozoic, superimposed by transient warming events such as the Paleocene–Eocene …

Turnover of larger foraminifera during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and paleoclimatic control on the evolution of platform ecosystems

C Scheibner, RP Speijer, AM Marzouk - Geology, 2005 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The larger-foraminifera turnover (LFT) during the Paleocene-Eocene transition constitutes
an important step in Paleogene larger-foraminifera evolution, involving a rapid increase in …

Recalibration of the Tethyan shallow-benthic zonation across the Paleocene-Eocene boundary: the Egyptian record

C Scheibner, RP Speijer - Geologica Acta, 2009 - revistes.ub.edu
Abstract The Galala Mountains in Egypt provide an excellent platform-basin transect with
deposits spanning the Paleocene/Eocene (P/E) boundary. These interfingering deposits …

Sequence stratigraphy and reservoir quality of the Gulf of Suez syn-rift deposits of the Nukhul formation: Implications of rift initiation and the impact of eustacy and …

HM Ayyad, AGA Hewaidy, M Omar, M Fathy - Marine and Petroleum …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Nukhul Formation represents the sediments deposited during the earliest
phase of the syn-rift period in the Gulf of Suez rift. It is the primary hydrocarbon reservoir for …

Evolution of shallow benthic communities during the Late Paleocene–earliest Eocene transition in the Northern Tethys (SW Slovenia)

J Zamagni, M Mutti, A Košir - Facies, 2008 - Springer
A paleoecological and sedimentological study was carried out on shallow-water carbonates
of the Kras Plateau (SW Slovenia) with the goal of reconstructing paleoenvironmental …

Palaeocene to Miocene southern Tethyan carbonate factories: A meta‐analysis of the successions of South‐western and Western Central Asia

G Coletti, L Commissario, L Mariani… - The Depositional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
One hundred and forty‐four published successions of shallow‐water carbonates, deposited
between the Palaeocene and the Miocene, from the Levant to the Himalayas, have been re …

Characterization of the Latest Danian Event by means of benthic foraminiferal assemblages along a depth transect at the southern Tethyan margin (Nile Basin, Egypt)

J Sprong, TJ Kouwenhoven, A Bornemann… - Marine …, 2012 - Elsevier
The Latest Danian Event (LDE) has been recognized on the southern Tethyan margin
(Egypt; Tunisia), and in the Atlantic (Zumaia, Spain) and Pacific Oceans (ODP Site 1209) …

[HTML][HTML] The Eocene carbonate platforms of the Ghomaride Domain (Internal Rif Zone, N Morocco): a segment of the westernmost Tethys

M Martín-Martín, J Tosquella, F Guerrera, A Maaté… - Sedimentary …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Eocene platform deposits in the Moroccan Ghomarides have been studied. These
marine carbonate platforms were located in the westernmost Tethys approximately 30° N …

The Eocene storm-dominated foralgal ramp of the western Pyrenees (Urbasa–Andia Formation): an analogue of future shallow-marine carbonate systems?

A Payros, V Pujalte, J Tosquella, X Orue-Etxebarria - Sedimentary Geology, 2010 - Elsevier
If the ongoing phenomenon of global warming prevails, three main consequences are
expected in tropical seas: a higher sea level, a reduction in coral reefs and more intense …