Sekisei Reef: Holocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 24.3° North, 124.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Holocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Holocene
Age range of interval: 0.0117 - 0 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 8520 to 4070 YBP (14C (calibrated))
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: reef crest: 8520-4070 cal BP; lagoonal patch reef: 8430-6480 cal BP; Holocene sequences are 15.5-21 m thick
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "reef rocks"
Lithology description: barrier reef-crest: tabular and encrusting Acropora framework and loose sand with Halimeda, stubby branching Acropora; lagoonal patch reef: branching Acropora framework intergrown with calcareous algae
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:97295
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-07-22 02:59:47 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-07-22 02:59:47
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
33181. H. Kan and T. Kawana. 2006. Catch-up of a high-latitude barrier reef by back-reef growth during post-glacial sea level rise, southern Ryukyus, Japan. Proceedings of 10th International Coral Reef Symposium 494-503 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]