Shallow Marine –Late Proterozoic to Modern Deep Marine – Rare in Ancient & commoner in Modern Cave Travertine and Spring Tufa – both Ancient & Modern Lakes – Ancient to Modern
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SHELF CARBONATE PLATFORM REEFAL SEDIMENTATION
MARGIN
RESTRICTED
OPEN MARINE
SHELF
SLOPE
BASIN
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Controls on Carbonate Formation
Temperature (climate) -Tropics & temperate regions favor carbonate production: true of ancient too! Light – Photosynthesis drives carbonate production Pressure – “CCD (calcite compensation depth)” dissolution increases with depth Agitation of waves - Oxygen source & remove CO2 Organic activity - CaCO3 factories nutrient deserts
Patch Reefs
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Patch Reefs
Sand Shoal Apron Joulters Cay - Bahamas
Kendall Photo
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Oo id Sa nd Ri pp les
Heron Island Reef
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Base of Carbonate Slope - Bahamas
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Mineralogi
Aragonite – high temperature mineral Calcite – stable in sea water & near surface crust
Calcite, e.g. brachiopods, bryozoans, ostracodes, echinoderms, foraminifera, red algae Aragonite, e.g. corals, orals, stromatoporoids, stromatoporoids, most molluscs, green algae Silica, e.g. sponge spicules & radiolarians
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Fragments – non carbonate
Detrital minerals: quartz, feldspar, etc Rock fragments Non-carbonate fossils
Lime Mud or Micrite
Mechanical breakdown
Bioerrosion
Chemical precipitation
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Semen
Crust or rims coat grains Syntaxial overgrowth – optical continuity with skeletal fabric Blocky equant - final void fill