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
fromSpecial publication of the International Association of Sed…
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.
The North Atlantic region is an excellent natural laboratory in which to study the tectonics, sedimentation and palaeoceanography of an evolving oceanic rift basin. Sandwiched between the active research communities of North America and Europe, and with its margins targeted for …
Sandstone deposited in deep marine environments form important hydrocarbon reservoirs in many basins throghout the world. However, despite the phlethora of outcrop studies and the development of numerous submarine fan models and classification schemes, very few applied stidies a…
