Carbonate Platform Systems: Components and Interactions (Geological Society Special Publication) (Hardcover)

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Carbonate Platform Systems: components and interactions is a collection of 13 papers, plus an introduction, concerning the effects of organism-environment interactions in modern and ancient carbonate platforms, arising from the Lyell Meeting on ‘Organism-Environment Feedbacks in Carbonate Platforms and Reefs’ held at the Geological Society, UK. The papers presented here provide an integrated view of carbonate platforms, emphasizing dynamic interactions at all hierarchical levels and revealing the limitations of uniformitarian analogy in biotically influenced sedimentary systems. Selected case studies from around the world illustrate aspects ranging from the genesis of growth fabrics to changing patterns of carbonate platform development. The text will be of interest to sedimentologists, palaeontologists and marine ecologists alike. Readership: Sedimentologists, Palaeontologists, Marine Ecologists, Petroleum Exploration & Production Geologists and Marine Environmental Cons (more…)

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Palaeozoic Reefs and Bioaccumulations: Climatic and Evolutionary Controls – Special Publication no 275 (Geological Society Special Publication) (Hardcover)

ReefLounge_Admin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:24:25 +0000

The geological record contains a fascinating diversity of reefs and shell accumulations. As with many other biosedimentary structures, their facies characterization requires careful observation at outcrop and sample scale, and in thin-section to provide information about the global geometries, fabrics and textures respectively. This collection of papers encompasses the breadth of sedimentary geometries and facies displayed by Palaeozoic reefs, shell accumulations, and transitional composite deposits. The definition of reefs and shell concentrations has given rise to variations in nomenclature. The papers in this volume cover specific problems regarding the nomenclature and facies characterization of reefs, shell accumulations and transitional composite deposits. However, rather than attempt a complete revision of terms, the authors have touched on some of the important issues at this stage of development in the field: the main climatic, environmental and evolutionary fa (more…)

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Carbonate Platform Systems: Components and Interactions (Geological Society Special Publication) (Hardcover)

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Palaeozoic Reefs and Bioaccumulations: Climatic and Evolutionary Controls – Special Publication no 275 (Geological Society Special Publication) (Hardcover)

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