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Coral-microbialite reefs in pure carbonate versus mixed carbonate-siliciclastic depositional environments: the example of the Pagny-sur-Meuse section (Upper Jurassic, northeastern France)

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Middle to Upper Oxfordian reefs of a shallow marine carbonate platform located in northeastern France show important facies changes in conjunction with terrigeneous contents. The Pagny-sur-Meuse section shows coral-microbialite reefs that developed both in pure carbonate limestones and in mixed carbonate-siliciclastic deposits. Phototrophic coral associations dominated in pure carbonate environments, whereas a mixed phototrophic/heterotrophic coral fauna occurred in more siliciclastic settings. Microbialites occur in pure carbonate facies but are more abundant in mixed carbonate-siliciclastic settings. Reefs seem to have lived through periods favourable for intense coral growth that was contemporaneous with a first microbialitic layer and periods more favourable for large microbialitic development (second microbialitic layer). The first microbialitic crust probably developed within the reef body and thus appears to be controlled by autogenic factors. The second generation of microbialites tended to develop over the entire reef surface and was probably mainly controlled by allogenic factors. Variations in terrigeneous input and nutrient content, rather related to climatic conditions than to water depth and accumulation rate, were major factors controlling development of reefs and their taxonomic composition.

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Thanks are due to the Novacarb Compagny for the permission to visit the quarry. We are grateful to F. Fürsich and W. Werner for their collaboration in the identification of some species of bivalves. We are greatly indebted to the staff (V. Greco, V. Jakob, and J. Megert) from the University of Bern for thin-section preparation. Thanks to N. Podevigne (University of Lyon) for processing the photographs. We also thank R. Enay and M. Philippe for ammonite and fossil wood determinations. N. Olivier acknowledges benefiting from a doctoral fellowship from the French Ministry of Education and Research. This study was supported by the National Science Research Council of France and by the Swiss National Science Foundation (grant 21-61834.00). This work is a contribution of the UMR CNRS 5125, “Paléoenvironnements et paléobiosphère” of Lyon in collaboration with the Department of “Géologie et Gestion des Ressources Minérales et Energétiques” of Nancy (UMR 7566 G2R) and with the “Institut für Geologie” of Bern. R. Leinfelder, E. Insalaco, S.-B. Löffler and A. Freiwald provided helpful reviews, which significantly improved the original manuscript.

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    Nicolas Olivier, Christian Gaillard, Serge Ferry & Pierre Hantzpergue

  2. Géologie et Gestion des Ressources Minérales et Energétiques, Université Henri Poincaré UMR CNRS 7566 G2R, BP 239, 54506 , Vandoeuvre Cedex, France

    Cédric Carpentier, Bertrand Martin-Garin & Bernard Lathuilière

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    Bertrand Martin-Garin & Jörn Geister

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Olivier, N., Carpentier, C., Martin-Garin, B. et al. Coral-microbialite reefs in pure carbonate versus mixed carbonate-siliciclastic depositional environments: the example of the Pagny-sur-Meuse section (Upper Jurassic, northeastern France). Facies 50, 229–255 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10347-004-0018-5

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