The present study provides the baseline status of the spatial distribution of carbonate platforms for the Oligo-Miocene interval. The resulting global trend quantitatively shows the decreasing growth potential of shallow-marine carbonates toward higher paleolatitudes. Such a global trend provides a geological context and external constraints for local and regional interpretations of specific case studies. Furthermore, the direct relationship between carbonate accumulations and paleoclimatic regions shows that, using such a qualitative and quantitative data set for calibration, paleoceanographic models could be utilized for the prediction of the global distribution of carbonate stratigraphic architecture.

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浅海碳酸盐岩构造的渐新世和中新世全球空间趋势

本研究提供了中低新世间期碳酸盐岩平台空间分布的基线状态。由此产生的全球趋势定量地表明，浅海碳​​酸盐岩向高古纬度的增长潜力正在下降。这种全球趋势为具体案例研究的本地和区域解释提供了地质背景和外部约束。此外，碳酸盐岩堆积与古气候区之间的直接关系表明，使用定性和定量的数据集进行标定，古海洋学模型可用于预测碳酸盐岩地层构造的全球分布。