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Geological Background to Carbonate Sedimentation

Maurice Edwin Tucker, V. Paul Wright

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This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Major controls on carbonate sedimentation Carbonate facies and facies sequences Carbonate platforms Carbonate rimmed shelves Carbonate ramps Epeiric carbonate platforms Isolated carbonate platforms Drowned carbonate platforms Carbonate cycles Tectonic context of carbonate platforms

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This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Major controls on carbonate sedimentation Carbonate facies and facies sequences Carbonate platforms Carbonate rimmed shelves Carbonate ramps Epeiric carbonate platforms Isolated carbonate platforms Drowned carbonate platforms Carbonate cycles Tectonic context of carbonate platforms

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This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Major controls on carbonate sedimentation Carbonate facies and facies sequences Carbonate platforms Carbonate rimmed shelves Carbonate ramps Epeiric carbonate platforms Isolated carbonate platforms Drowned carbonate platforms Carbonate cycles Tectonic context of carbonate platforms

Key concepts: Carbonate, Facies, Geology, Sedimentation, Context (archaeology), Carbonate platform, Carbonate rock, Geochemistry

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