Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to submit a manuscript to a Special Issue of Geosciences focused on integrated stratigraphic approaches to unravel the sedimentary record of carbonate platforms.

Shallow water carbonate platforms represent a major repository of the geological history of our planet. They document the response of neritic biota to environmental, climatic, and paleoceanographic modifications evidently expressed by characteristic biotic evolution and facies changes and, at the same time, they host a valuable record of carbonate-associated proxies of past ocean conditions. Furthermore, carbonate platforms are also an important target for petroleum exploration, hosting valuable reserves of fossil fuels. Establishing high-resolution age models is, therefore, the key to unlocking these precious geological archives. Unfortunately, the possibility to establish an accurate time framework for carbonate platforms evolution is often difficult due to the poor stratigraphic resolution attained using biostratigraphy alone. To overcome this problem, a combination of different stratigraphic techniques must be used and, in recent years, an increasing number of studies have been validating the accuracy of such an integrated approach.

This special issue aims to incorporate classical and modern techniques of stratigraphy aimed at improving stratigraphic resolution in carbonate platform sections through the integration of biostratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, isotope stratigraphy, cyclostratigraphy, and sequence stratigraphy. Contributions dealing with stratigraphic intervals encompassing extreme events, like the end-Permian, end-Triassic, end-Cretaceous events and the Mesozoic OAEs are particularly encouraged.

Dr. Gianluca Frijia
Dr. Matteo Di Lucia
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Geosciences is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• carbonate platforms
• isotope stratigraphy
• biostratigraphy
• sequence stratigraphy
• magnetostratigraphy
• anoxic events