@article{WELLS:2005:10.1144/0016-764904-128,
author = {WELLS, MR and ALLISON, PA and PIGGOTT, MD and PAIN, CC and HAMPSON, GJ and DE, OLIVEIRA CRE},
doi = {10.1144/0016-764904-128},
journal = {Journal of the Geological Society},
pages = {417--420},
title = {Large sea, small tides: the Late Carboniferous seaway of NW Europe},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/0016-764904-128},
volume = {162},
year = {2005}
}

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AB  - <jats:p>            Debate surrounds the extent of tidal influence in Palaeozoic shallow epi-continental seas. In the absence of analogical reasoning, numerical modelling provides a quantitative means of investigating tidality in the geological record. Herein a new finite element model, tested for accuracy on the present-day Mediterranean, is used to predict an exceedingly low tidal range (            <jats:bold><10</jats:bold>            cm) in the epi-continental seaway that covered much of NW Europe during the Late Carboniferous. This small bulge may have been amplified to            <jats:bold>              <jats:italic>c</jats:italic>            </jats:bold>            . 1 m in estuaries, leading to the localized deposition of cyclic rhythmites, agreeing with geological observations. Extremely low tidal ranges in ancient epi-continental seas may be one mechanism to prevent water-body mixing, enhancing stratification and promoting anoxia.          </jats:p>
AU  - WELLS,MR
AU  - ALLISON,PA
AU  - PIGGOTT,MD
AU  - PAIN,CC
AU  - HAMPSON,GJ
AU  - DE,OLIVEIRA CRE
DO  - 10.1144/0016-764904-128
EP  - 420
PY  - 2005///
SN  - 0016-7649
SP  - 417
TI  - Large sea, small tides: the Late Carboniferous seaway of NW Europe
T2  - Journal of the Geological Society
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/0016-764904-128
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1144/0016-764904-128
VL  - 162
ER  - 

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