Reefs and Carbonate Platforms in the Pacific and Indian Oceans

This IAS Special Publication #27 contains 17 of the papers presented at the IAS International Workshop on Reefs and Carbonate platforms in the Pacific and Indian oceans held in Sydney (July 1995). This is the first book to summarize the current state of knowledge about reefs and carbonate platforms in these oceans, where there is a great diversity of carbonate systems in various tectonic settings. Papers concern both processes operating in reefs and carbonate platforms and case histories (platform and oceanic reef case histories). Case histories range from the Lower Cretaceous to modern reefs and most fossil carbonate platforms concern outcomes from recent ODP legs in the Pacific. The book covers a broad spectrum of disciplines related to carbonate geology: sedimentology, geochemistry, geophysics, reef ecology and modeling. If you are a member of the International Association of Sedimentologists, for purchasing details, please see: iasnet.org/publications/details.asp?code=SP25

This IAS Special Publication #27 contains 17 of the paperspresented at the IAS International Workshop on Reefs and Carbonateplatforms in the Pacific and Indian oceans held in Sydney (July1995). This is the first book to summarize the current state ofknowledge about reefs and carbonate platforms in these oceanswhere there is a great diversity of carbonate systems in varioustectonic settings. Papers concern both processes operating in reefsand carbonate platforms and case histories (platform and oceanicreef case histories). Case histories range from the LowerCretaceous to modern reefs and most fossil carbonate platformsconcern outcomes from recent ODP legs in the Pacific. The bookcovers a broad spectrum of disciplines related to carbonategeology: sedimentology, geochemistry, geophysics, reef ecology andmodeling.If you are a member of the International Association ofSedimentologists, for purchasing details, please see:iasnet.org/publications/details.asp?code=SP25

Introduction.Processes Operating.The Boundaries Of Carbonate Platforms.The Origin Of The Great Barrier Reef.Development And Demise Of Mid-Oceanic Carbonate PlatformsWodejebato Guyot (NW Pacific).Stable Tropics Not So Stable: Climatically-Driven Extinctions OfReef-Associated Molluscan Assemblages (Western Indian Ocean, LastInterglacial To Present).Sedimentary Cycles In Carbonate Platform Facies: FourierAnalysis Of Geophysical Logs From ODP Sites 865 And 866.Platform Case Histories.Aptian-Albian Eustatic Sea Levels.Origin Of Massive Replacive Dolomite Within Atolls And CarbonatePlatforms.Computer Simulation Of A Cainozoic Carbonate Platform, MarionPlateau, Northeast Australia.Quaternary And Tertiary Subtropical Carbonate PlatformDevelopment On The Continental Margin Of Southern QueenslandAustralia.Pleistocene Sea-Level Changes And The Consequent Development OfReefs In The Ryukyu Islands, Southwestern Japan.Oceanic Reef Case Histories.Atolls And Volcanic Islands.Morphology And Sediments Of The Foreslopes Of Mayotte, ComoroIslands: Direct Observations From Submersible.Tectonic And Monsoonal Controls On Coral Atolls In The SouthChina Sea.Modeling Of Interstitial Water Circulation Inside A ReefPlatform: Steady State Flow, Heterogeneity Effects And TidalTransient State.Active Margins; Environmental And Tectonic Influence OnGrowth And Internal Structure Of A Fringing Reef At Tasmaloum (SWEspiritu Santo, New Hebrides Island Arc, SW Pacific).Passive Margins.Lagoonal Sedimentation On Heron Reef, Southern Great BarrierReef Province.Terrigenous Sediment: A Control On Reef Development?.Comparison Between Subtropical And Temperate Carbonate ElementalComposition: Examples From The Great Barrier Reef, Shart Bay AndTasmania, Australia And The Persian Gulf, UAE