Impact of petroleum hydrocarbon and heavy metal pollution on coral reefs and mangroves: a review

P Elumalai, P Parthipan, X Gao, J Cui… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Pollution by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, and
chromium is impairing marine ecosystems. Here, we review the effect of these contaminants …

Diagenetic effects on strontium isotopes in shallow-water carbonate sediments from Middle Miocene to Recent

X Chen, M Cao, TJ Algeo, N Li, G Wei, Y Lin, H Zhang… - Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Seawater 87 Sr/86 Sr ratios have been used as a proxy for continental weathering
flux and the partial pressure of atmospheric CO 2 (pCO 2) in Earth's past, but the fidelity of …

Ancient hydrocarbon slicks recorded by a coral atoll in the South China Sea

X Zhu, G Jia, Y Tian, F Chen, G Li, W Xu, L Miao… - Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The intensifying oil slicks exert deleterious effects on coral reefs, hence attracting many
investigations on coral's tolerance and resilience to anthropogenic oil pollution. We …

Carbonate-associated sulfate as an archive of sulfur and oxygen stable isotope composition of seawater sulfate: Evidence from reef carbonate rocks of the southern …

P Di, N Li, S Gong, J Peckmann, S Wang, D Chen… - Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbonate-associated sulfate (CAS) is a useful proxy for the reconstruction of the isotopic
composition of ancient seawater sulfate, archiving information on the global sulfur cycle …

Chromium isotopic compositions of a reef in the South China Sea: Biological effects and influence from early diagenetic Mn-oxides reduction

X Yu, Z Fang, X He, L Yi, C Deng, W Yan… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
Global climate fluctuations have been inextricably linked with changes in the marine
environment and ecosystems' evolution during the Cenozoic. The chromium isotopic …

Neogene carbonate platform development in the southern South China Sea: Evidence from calcareous microfossils

X Su, R Xiang, L Yi, Y Zhang, G Qin, W Yan - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biogenic reefs are unique geologic bodies that are the products of biological activity in
tropical and subtropical oceans and critical to global carbon cycling. The South China Sea …

The formation of atolls: New insights from numerical simulations

J Liu, JM Webster, T Salles, S Wang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Several theories have been proposed to explain atoll formation. While karst dissolution
during glacial periods and preferential coral reef accretion along raised bank margins during …

Origin of large-scale variegated reef limestones in the southern South China Sea: Implications for Miocene regional and global geological evolution

J Cheng, S Wang, G Li, W Xu, W Yan, Y Luo… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine sediments featuring special colors have always played an important role in
disclosing regional or global environmental transitions and geological evolution. A deep …

Pristine or altered, what can early diagenesis tell us in shallow-water carbonates?

GY Wei, F Zhang - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Early marine and meteoric diagenesis is commonly proposed to alter the primary
geochemical signals of shallow-marine carbonates, hindering their use as a reliable archive …

Production of short-chain n-fatty acids in coral reefs in the southern South China Sea since the Late Miocene

X Zhu, G Li, Y Tian, W Xu, L Miao, J Liu, Y Luo… - Palaeogeography …, 2022 - Elsevier
The monsoon system modulates surface production in the South China Sea (SCS). The
winter monsoon has long been recognized as the primary factor regulating surface …