Carbonate Platform Slopes - A Record of Changing Conditions: The Pliocene of the Bahamas

Periplatform slope sediments from the Bahamas serve as an example for a small-scale sedimentologic record of environmental changes. Carbonate platforms react sensitively to sea-level fluctuations. Therefore, sediments deposited on the slope during lowstands differ in composition from highstand depos...

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Main Author: Westphal, Hildegard (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1998
Series:Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 75
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Online Access:DE-634
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Summary:Periplatform slope sediments from the Bahamas serve as an example for a small-scale sedimentologic record of environmental changes. Carbonate platforms react sensitively to sea-level fluctuations. Therefore, sediments deposited on the slope during lowstands differ in composition from highstand deposits. A second focus is the early diagenetic alteration and cementation of these sediments with their high diagenetic potential. This book contributes to and discusses new developments in carbonate sedimentology such as the concepts of highstand shedding and early burial diagenesis, which also have an impact on reservoir studies
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XI, 200 p. 276 illus. in color)
ISBN:9783540691761
DOI:10.1007/BFb0117818

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