Carbonate Sedimentology and Petrology

Title Page
......Page 1
Contents......Page 2
Preface......Page 3
Acknowledgments......Page 4
Glossary of Reef-Related Terms......Page 5
References......Page 6
Coral-Algal Reefs......Page 8
Mud Banks......Page 12
Deep-Water Carbonate Banks......Page 13
References......Page 15
Common Settings For Ancient Reefs......Page 17
The Fossil Record of "Modern" Reefs......Page 18
Reef Facies and Sea Level Reef......Page 19
Synthesis......Page 21
References......Page 23
Characteristic Attributes......Page 25
The Growth Form of Reef-Building Metazoans
......Page 26
Internal Structure......Page 27
Mud Mounds......Page 29
References......Page 31
Introduction......Page 32
Reef and Carbonate Platform Geometry......Page 39
References......Page 41
Introduction......Page 44
Selected References......Page 46
The Meteoric Setting......Page 47
Dissolution and Precipitation......Page 50
Dissolution Corrosion......Page 51
Oversaturation and Precipitation......Page 52
Caliche......Page 54
Surface Karst......Page 56
Subsurface Karst......Page 59
The Water Table......Page 60
The Process......Page 62
Cementation......Page 63
Alteration of Magnesium-Calcite Components......Page 64
Alteration of Aragonite Components......Page 65
Diagenesls in Vadose versus Phreatic Settings......Page 67
The Freshwater-Seawater Mixing Zone......Page 68
Geochemical Aspects of Meteoric Diagenesis......Page 70
Criteria for Recognition of the Products of Meteoric Diagenesis......Page 72
The Effect of Climate......Page 73
Large-Scale Variations Through Geologic Time......Page 74
Summary......Page 75
General References......Page 76
Subsurface Karst......Page 77
Aragonite Alteration......Page 78
Geochemical Aspects of Meteoric Dlagenesis......Page 79
Other References......Page 80
Introduction......Page 81
Carbonate Ramps......Page 82
Rimmed Carbonate Shelves......Page 87
Intrashelf Basins on Rimmed Shelvesand Ramps
......Page 91
Isolated Platforms 戀愀栀愀洀愀 吀礀瀀攀 Andoceanic Atolls......Page 92
Drowned Platforms......Page 94
Carbonte Platforms, Tectonics And Eustacy......Page 97
Selected References......Page 98
Analysis......Page 102
Recognition of Vail-Sequences and Third Order Sea-Level Changes......Page 103
Two-Dimensional Modelling......Page 105
Major Implications of Modelling Studies......Page 108
Bibliography......Page 109
Fischer Plots......Page 111
Relative Sea-level Curves and Fischer Plots, Early Ordovican, U.S. Appalachians
......Page 112
Acknowledgements......Page 115
Methods......Page 116
Regional and Stratigraphic Setting
......Page 117
Petrography......Page 118
Geochemistry......Page 122
Origin of Low-Fe Cements
......Page 124
Origin of Ferroan Calcite Cements
......Page 129
Conclusions......Page 131
References......Page 132
Introduction......Page 134
Some Generalities......Page 135
Evidence for Burial Diagenesis
......Page 137
References......Page 155