Abstract
Studies of carbonate platforms can contribute significantly to several of the themes announced by GSGP. We propose the following topics as a focus for Working Group 4.
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Determine rates of sediment production, rates of aggradation and large-scale facies patterns of Cretaceous platforms and evaluate the differences between platforms of the Cretaceous greenhouse Earth and those of the present-day icehouse Earth.
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Construct at least parts of a sea level curve solely from the record of carbonate platforms to avoid the problems of sequence boundaries caused by the change-over from siliciclastics to carbonates or evaporites and vice versa.
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Examine the repeated global crises of platforms in the Cretaceous, in particular the puzzling coincidence of world-wide drowning and oceanic anoxia.
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Compare early diagenesis and compaction of Cretaceous platforms and their recent counterparts, again with particular emphasis on the effects of the greenhouse Earth.
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Schlager, W., Philip, J. (1990). Cretaceous Carbonate Platforms. In: Ginsburg, R.N., Beaudoin, B. (eds) Cretaceous Resources, Events and Rhythms. NATO ASI Series, vol 304. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-6861-6_9
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