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The History and Sedimentology of Ancient Reef Systems pp 351–386Cite as

The Role of Framework in Modern Reefs and Its Application to Ancient Systems

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Abstract

Uniformitarianism — the principle that “the present is the key to the past” — forms the cornerstone of geologists’ efforts to unravel the prehistory of our world. When comparing modern and fossil reefs, a fundamental problem arises because the organisms that largely drive this important biological system have evolved over geological time. This has fueled a heated debate over the appropriateness of using modern reefs dominated by scleractinian corals as models for ancient ones built by stromatoporoids, sponges and a host of seemingly dissimilar organisms.

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  1. Department of Geology, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, 44074, USA

    Dennis K. Hubbard

  2. Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, 70148, USA

    Ivan P. Gill

  3. North Dakota Geological Survey, Bismarck, North Dakota, 58505-0840, USA

    Randolph B. Burke

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Hubbard, D.K., Gill, I.P., Burke, R.B. (2001). The Role of Framework in Modern Reefs and Its Application to Ancient Systems. In: Stanley, G.D. (eds) The History and Sedimentology of Ancient Reef Systems. Topics in Geobiology, vol 17. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1219-6_10

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