Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of reefs and carbonate platforms

Book · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:5124424

Schlager, W ^[1]

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1. Free Univ., Amsterdam (NL)

Classical sequence stratigraphy has been developed primarily from siliciclastic systems. Application of the concept to carbonates has not been as straightforward as was originally expected even though the basic tenets of sequence stratigraphy are supposed to be applicable to all depositional systems. Rather than force carbonate platforms into the straightjacket of a concept derived from another sediment family, this course takes a different tack. It starts out from the premise that sequence stratigraphy is a modern and sophisticated version of lithostratigraphy and as such is a sedimentologic concept. More sedimentology into sequence stratigraphy is the motto of the course and the red line that runs through the chapter of this book. The cook sets out with a review of sedimentologic in reference to petroleum deposits principles governing the large-scale anatomy of reefs and platforms. It then looks at sequences an systems tracts from a sedimentologic point of view, assesses the differences between siliciclastics and carbonates in their response to sea level, evaluates processes that compete with sea level for control on carbonate sequences, and finally presents a set of guidelines for application of sequence stratigraphy to reefs and carbonate platforms.

• OSTI ID: 5124424
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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