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Shallow Shelf carbonates

Contributed by Jenn Josef, Quinn Roberts and Josh Miller while students of USC taking

Marine Sediments 553

What are carbonate shelves and the carbonate factory?

The factors that control carbonate accumulation and erosion.

Shallow Shelf Carbonates	Carbonate Factory	Evolution
Lag time	Antecedent Topography	Biology
Climatic Zone	Siliclastic Influx	Temperature and Salinity
Sea Level	Clastic Input	Tectonism
Platform Morphology	Unrimmed Shelves	Rimmed Shelves
Banks	Stratigraphic Succession	Water Depth and Turbidity
Subsidence	Lithofacies	Circulation
Carbonate Growth Potential	Eustatic Response	Questions
	References

Wednesday, April 03, 2013

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