期刊
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
卷 365, 期 -, 页码 136-153出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.09.022
关键词
Palaeobiogeography; Coral reef; Oxfordian; Tethys; Palaeoclimate
资金
- Swiss National Science Foundation [21-61834.00]
Until recently, the Jurassic was thought to have been a period characterised by a predominantly warm and equable climate. During the Oxfordian (a time span of six million years in the Late Jurassic) the distribution of tropical coral reefs was limited to about 35 degrees N and near to 25 degrees S. However, in Middle Oxfordian time, coral reefs were abundant only at higher latitudes and almost entirely missing near the equator. During that time the area of maximum reef development had shifted poleward to a belt lying between 20 degrees N and 35 degrees N, leaving hardly any coral formations at the lower inner-tropical latitudes. After demise towards the end of Middle Oxfordian time, the low-latitude reefs recovered during the Late Oxfordian, accompanied by a southward migration of reef corals in the northern hemisphere. As suggested by stable isotope and palynological data, the faunal migration can be correlated with a significant rise in seawater temperature during the Middle Oxfordian. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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