043 Late
Miocene Punta Negra North, Mallorca , Spain Coral zonation and sigmoid boundaries.
The boundaries are erosion surfaces. Coral colonies are dish-shaped (deeper
water) at the base, passing upwards to branching shape. The erosion surface
at top truncates the branching corals and is overlain by massive (shallow water)
corals. The vertical shift of these coral morphology zones allows for estimation
of sea-level fluctuation on a fourth-magnitude sea-level cycle (= 7th order).
Scale in picture (Pomar, 1991; Pomar, 1994; Pomar & Ward , 1994)