Carbonate Systems During the Olicocene-Miocene Climatic Transition

A synthesis of Late Oligocene through Miocene deep sea temperatures as inferred from foraminiferal Mg/Ca ratios 1
K. Billups and K. Scheiderich

Latitudinal trends in Cenozoic reef patterns and their relationship to climate 17
C. Perrin and W. Kiessling

Carbonate grain associations: their use and environmental significance, a brief review 35
P. Kindler and M. Wilson

Temperate and tropical carbonatesedimentation episodes in the Neogene Betic basins (southern Spain) linked to climatic oscillations and changes in Atlantic-Mediterranean connections: constraints from isotopic data 49
J. M. Martýn, J. C. Braga, I. M. Sanchez-Almazo and J. Aguirre

Facies models and geometries of the Ragusa Platform (SE Sicily, Italy) near the Serravallian–Tortonian boundary 71
C. Ruchonnet and P. Kindler

The sensitivity of a tropical foramolrhodalgal carbonate ramp to relative sealevel change: Miocene of the central Apennines, Italy 89
M. Brandano, H. Westphal and G. Mateu-Vicens

Facies and sequence architecture of a tropical foramol-rhodalgal carbonate ramp: Miocene of the central Apennines (Italy) 107
M. Brandano, L. Corda and F. Castorina

Facies and stratigraphic architecture of a Miocene warm-temperate to tropical fault-block carbonate platform, Sardinia (Central Mediterranean Sea) 129
M.-F. Benisek, G. Marcano, C. Betzler and M. Mutti

Coralline algae, oysters and echinoids – a liaison in rhodolith formation from the Burdigalian of the Latium-Abruzzi Platform (Italy) 149
M. Brandano and W. E. Piller

Palaeoenvironmental significance of Oligocene–Miocene coralline red algae – a review 165
J. C. Braga, D. Bassi and W. E. Piller

Molluscs as a major part of subtropical shallow-water carbonate production – an example from a Middle Miocene oolite shoal (Upper Serravallian, Austria) 183
M. Harzhauser and W. E. Piller

Echinoderms and Oligo-Miocene carbonate systems: potential applications in sedimentology and environmental reconstruction 201
A. Kroh and J. H. Nebelsick

Coral diversity and temperature: a palaeoclimatic perspective for the Oligo-Miocene of the Mediterranean region 229
F. R. Bosellini and C. Perrin

Late Oligocene to Miocene reef formation on Kita-daito-jima, northern Philippine Sea 245
Y. Iryu, S. Inagaki, Y. Suzuki and K. Yamamoto

Carbonate production in rift basins: models for platform inception, growth and dismantling, and for shelf to basin sediment transport, Miocene Sardinia Rift Basin, Italy 257
M. Vigorito, M. Murru and L. Simone

Index 283