Looking for any information concerning corals form deltaic or deltaically influenced areas - both from fossil and recent record. I'm mainly interested in solitary corals.
Thanks, Zbyszek
Hello Zbyszek,
There are several reports concerning fossil and modern scleractinian corals in brackish environments. You may check:
Försterra & Häussermann (2003). First report on large scleractinian (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) accumulations in cold-temperate shallow water of south Chilean fjords. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 345: 117-128.
Pandey et al. (2002). The oldest Jurassic cyathophorid coral (Scleractinia) from siliciclastic environments of Kachchh Basin, western India. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 76 (2): 347-356.
Beside this, pennatulacean octocorals are more common in such tidal deltaic environments.
Best wishes,
Mike
Fresh water coral or Brackish water Coral are rare in such Conditions
Dear Zbyszek
Corals are reported from inter delta regions. i propose you see Deltaic and shallow marine deposits which is consisted of several especial papers.
link: https://books.google.com/books?id=ogGrEUD5amoC&pg=PA190&lpg=PA190&dq=coral+of+delta+environment&source=bl&ots=zonG_aqdVh&sig=02rDLDzJ5nMdddfAl_sE6MpqUp0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAGoVChMInLnOpvDZxwIVyLIUCh0wLwnp#v=onepage&q=coral%20of%20delta%20environment&f=false
Issues in Global Environment—Freshwater and Marine Environments: 2012 Edition have reflected some isotopic data of coral-delta.
link: https://books.google.com/books?id=tEmsLudbtNsC&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&dq=coral+of+delta+environment&source=bl&ots=Zjw-0sjsZD&sig=ehwxGNbMYY8U7JcGdBW3vl9KglU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAmoVChMInLnOpvDZxwIVyLIUCh0wLwnp#v=onepage&q=coral%20of%20delta%20environment&f=false
Some of recent collected data confirm relationship between corals and delta environment particularly in eastern Asia (Myanmar).
link: https://books.google.com/books?id=dxg_CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT332&lpg=PT332&dq=coral+of+delta+environment&source=bl&ots=efevAmJFHB&sig=ibSxcT1rTOSEKXOZBpjC5dgCxY0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDIQ6AEwBDgKahUKEwjH5KGX8tnHAhUJWRoKHfgLBhM#v=onepage&q=coral%20of%20delta%20environment&f=false
Karabkog˘lu et al. (2005) have beed recorded coral-delta in Turkey (see link below)
link: https://www.academia.edu/3833763/Facies_and_environmental_setting_of_the_Miocene_coral_reefs_in_the_late-orogenic_fill_of_the_Antalya_Basins_western_Taurides_Turkey_implications_for_tectonic_control_and_sea-level_changes
Regards
Massih
Dear Zbyszek,
solitary corals are reported from Middle Jurassic Lajas Formation of Neuquen Basin, Argentina.
MORSCH, S. M. . Scleractinian corals of Neuquen Basin (Lower Jurassic), Argentina. Bull.Tohoku Univ. Museum, Osaka,
v. 1, p. 320-332, 2001.
MORSCH, S. M. . Les Scléractiniaires jurassiques (Bajocien) d'Argentine (Bassin de Neuquén). I Systématique. Geobios, Villeurbanne, v. 29, n. 6, p. 671-706, 1996.
The attached paper of Martinez 2002 list a lot of references on Lajas Formation.
Best regards,
Cecília.