Overview
- Editors:
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Hildegard Westphal
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FB 5 Geowissenschaften, MARUM - Verwaltung, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Bernhard Riegl
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Oceanographic Center, National Coral Reef Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, USA
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Gregor P. Eberli
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Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmosph, Comparative Sedimentology Laboratory, University of Miami, Miami, USA
- First comprehensive compilation of parameters influencing carbonate depositional systems
- Complete overview of environmental control on major sedimentological settings
- Data useful for biologists and geologists for model development
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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- Hildegard Westphal, Gregor P. Eberli, Bernhard Riegl
Pages 1-3
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- Kelly L. Bergman, Hildegard Westphal, Xavier Janson, Anthony Poiriez, Gregor P. Eberli
Pages 5-80
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- Donald F. McNeill, Xavier Janson, Kelly L. Bergman, Gregor P. Eberli
Pages 81-143
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- Bernhard Riegl, Anthony Poiriez, Xavier Janson, Kelly L. Bergman
Pages 145-213
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- Gregor P. Eberli, Hildegard Westphal
Pages 215-229
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Back Matter
Pages 231-235
About this book
Carbonate sediments are of increasing relevance for archives of past environmental conditions and for economical reasons in areas of geothermal energy and hydrocarbon reservoirs. Complex interaction of physical and chemical parameters with biological parameters determines the architecture and composition of carbonate sedimentary bodies. This book closes some of the still existing gaps in our understanding of the influence and interplay of physical, chemical, and biological parameters with carbonate sedimentation. An understanding of this interaction is not only required for reliable prediction of reservoir quality but also for a robust interpretation of environmental conditions in the past and the present. It is written by geologists for geologists in order to provide an easily accessible overview of the large amount of relevant information provided by the neighbouring sciences. The approach of the book is to document the modern depositional environments of three classical areas of carbonate deposition, each characteristic for a specific sedimentological setting (isolated platform, attached shelf, ramp) in order to assess both the range of physical, biological and chemical parameters and their sedimentary response. This book presents a comprehensive compilation based on data from published work and unpublished theses, and the integration of these data in order to extract previously undiscovered relationships between the discussed parameters and carbonate deposition.
Editors and Affiliations
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FB 5 Geowissenschaften, MARUM - Verwaltung, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Hildegard Westphal
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Oceanographic Center, National Coral Reef Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, USA
Bernhard Riegl
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Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmosph, Comparative Sedimentology Laboratory, University of Miami, Miami, USA
Gregor P. Eberli
