@misc{10481/72223,
year = {2021},
month = {7},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/72223},
abstract = {Carbonate platforms are built mainly by corals living in shallow light-saturated tropical
waters. The Saya de Malha Bank (Indian Ocean), one of the world’s largest carbonate platforms,
lies in the path of the South Equatorial Current. Its reefs do not reach sea level, and
all carbonate production is mesophotic to oligophotic. New geological and oceanographic
data unravel the evolution and environment of the bank, elucidating the factors determining
this exceptional state. There are no nutrient-related limitations for coral growth. A switch
from a rimmed atoll to a current-exposed system with only mesophotic coral growth is proposed
to have followed the South Equatorial Current development during the late Neogene.
Combined current activity and sea-level fluctuations are likely controlling factors of modern
platform configuration.},
organization = {Federal Ministry of Education & Research (BMBF)	03G0270A	
03G0270B},
publisher = {The Geological Society of America},
title = {Current and sea level control the demise of shallow carbonate production on a tropical bank (Saya de Malha Bank, Indian Ocean)},
doi = {10.1130/G49090.1},
author = {Betzler, Christian and Braga Alarcón, Juan Carlos and Reolid Pérez, Jesús},
}