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Mixed siliciclastic and carbonate sedimentation

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Sedimentology

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Introduction

Every student of the sedimentology and stratigraphy of carbonates early on appreciates the unique aspects of carbonate deposition and the fundamental differences between carbonate and siliciclastic (or clastic) deposition (e.g., Wilson, 1975; Walker and James, 1992). The majority of carbonate deposits forming today in tropical and sub-tropical settings and their ancient counterparts (e.g., rimmed shelves, ramps, etc.) require warm, shallow (within the photic zone), clear water (low turbidity) of near normal salinity which is well circulated by currents, waves and tidal processes to insure proper oxygenation and nutrient levels. The requirement of low turbidity, clear water generally means that where clastic sediment is supplied coevally to a carbonate environment, deposition of the two sediment types is generally mutually exclusive, such that the “carbonate factory” favors or is restricted to areas free of “polluting” clastic materials. However, the mixing of clastic and...

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Goldhammer, R.K. (1978). Mixed siliciclastic and carbonate sedimentation. In: Sedimentology. Encyclopedia of Earth Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31079-7_139

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