14 Sustainable Management in Fluvial Aquifers and Transboundary Issues (Posters)

Tuesday, 15 March 2022
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Online

CORAL RECOVERY AMONG SLOVENIAN CORALS AROUND THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM (PETM)

Paper number: 14-4
Program: Theme Sessions
Time: 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Authors

Abstract

The Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) occurred approximately 56 million years ago. During this time global temperatures increased 5-8 degrees Celsius, shallow waters experienced ocean acidification, and turbidity and nutrients increased. Coral reefs in the Tethys were replaced by microbial reefs, and in Slovenia, corals seemingly disappear in the latest Paleocene, reappearing later in the Eocene. This research tests the hypothesis that corals that existed prior to the PETM will be different than those that appeared after the PETM in the same region. Samples were observed using petrographic and scanning electron microscopes to classify corals down to the genus and species level. We found that corals from the Eocene are taxonomically different from the Paleocene corals. This work has implications for patterns of recovery from major carbon cycle perturbations.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 54, No. 1

doi: 10.1130/abs/2022SC-373890

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