Miocene carbonate systems: an introduction vii
M. Mutti, W. Piller and C. Betzler
A synthesis of Late Oligocene through Miocene deep seatemperatures as inferred from foraminiferal Mg/Ca ratios 1
K. Billups and K. Scheiderich
Latitudinal trends in Cenozoic reef patterns and theirrelationship to climate 17
C. Perrin and W. Kiessling
Carbonate grain associations: their use and environmentalsignificance, a brief review 35
P. Kindler and M. Wilson
Temperate and tropical carbonatesedimentation episodes in theNeogene Betic basins (southern Spain) linked to climaticoscillations and changes in Atlantic-Mediterranean connections:constraints from isotopic data 49
J. M. Martyn, J. C. Braga, I. M. Sanchez-Almazo and J.Aguirre
Facies models and geometries of the Ragusa Platform (SE Sicily,Italy) near the Serravallian-Tortonian boundary 71
C. Ruchonnet and P. Kindler
The sensitivity of a tropical foramolrhodalgal carbonate ramp torelative sealevel change: Miocene of the central Apennines, Italy89
M. Brandano, H. Westphal and G. Mateu-Vicens
Facies and sequence architecture of a tropical foramol-rhodalgalcarbonate ramp: Miocene of the central Apennines (Italy) 107
M. Brandano, L. Corda and F. Castorina
Facies and stratigraphic architecture of a Miocenewarm-temperate to tropical fault-block carbonate platform, Sardinia(Central Mediterranean Sea) 129
M.-F. Benisek, G. Marcano, C. Betzler and M. Mutti
Coralline algae, oysters and echinoids - a liaison inrhodolith formation from the Burdigalian of the Latium-AbruzziPlatform (Italy) 149
M. Brandano and W. E. Piller
Palaeoenvironmental significance of Oligocene-Miocenecoralline red algae - a review 165
J. C. Braga, D. Bassi and W. E. Piller
Molluscs as a major part of subtropical shallow-water carbonateproduction - an example from a Middle Miocene oolite shoal(Upper Serravallian, Austria) 183
M. Harzhauser and W. E. Piller
Echinoderms and Oligo-Miocene carbonate systems: potentialapplications in sedimentology and environmental reconstruction201
A. Kroh and J. H. Nebelsick
Coral diversity and temperature: a palaeoclimatic perspectivefor the Oligo-Miocene of the Mediterranean region 229
F. R. Bosellini and C. Perrin
Late Oligocene to Miocene reef formation on Kita-daito-jima,northern Philippine Sea 245
Y. Iryu, S. Inagaki, Y. Suzuki and K. Yamamoto
Carbonate production in rift basins: models for platforminception, growth and dismantling, and for shelf to basin sedimenttransport, Miocene Sardinia Rift Basin, Italy 257
M. Vigorito, M. Murru and L. Simone
Index 283
