Precambrian carbonates are usually regarded as the simple cousins of the sedimentary realm, composed of stromatolites and dolostones, texturally not challenging and commonly altered beyond recognition by the vagaries of time, diagenesis and metamorphism. However, these carbonate…
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The study of carbonate-siliciclastic mixed sequences has seen an increase in the number of investigations that focus on mixed settings as part of the continuum between the carbonate and clastic end members. Cyclic deposition in mixed basins by reciprocal sedimentation has become…
Carbonate platforms: facies, sequences and evolution
by Tucker, Maurice E., Geologe, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (United States ; bis 1989), SEPM Research Symposium on Carbonate Platforms and Basins, Los Angeles CA
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A collection of 11 papers on Carbonate Sedimentology which discusses case histories from Europe and the Middle East. Each case history comprises a description and interpretation of carbonate facies, their sequences and tectonic controls.