Abstract The Samail Ophiolite in the Oman Mountains formed at a Cretaceous subduction
zone that was part of a wider Neo-Tethys plate-boundary system. The original configuration …

Our study aims to reconstruct the palaeogeography of the northern part of the Lesser Antilles
in order to analyse whether emerged areas might have existed during the Cenozoic …

Authoritative, accessible, and updated introduction to sedimentary rocks for undergraduate
students Sedimentary Petrology provides readers with a concise account of sedimentary …

Sedimentary rocks contain the most important archive of environmental change through
earth history. They record changing climates, the movement of plates, and the rise and fall of …

This textbook outlines the physical, chemical, and biologic properties of the major
sedimentary rocks, as revealed by petrographic microscopy, geochemical techniques, and …

The study and interpretation of the textures, sedimentary structures, fossils, and lithologic
associations of sedimentary rocks on the scale of an outcrop, well section, or small segment …

Many types of carbonate platforms have been described, from homoclinal ramps to rimmed
shelves and a full spectrum of variations in between; the distinction between these different …

Marine carbonate precipitation occurs in three basic modes: abiotic (or quasi-abiotic),
biotically induced, and biotically controlled. On a geologic scale, these precipitation modes …

This paper reassesses the usefulness of the morphological classification of carbonate
platforms into rimmed shelves and ramps. Whilst the existing classifications have value in …

Coral reefs are the only ecosystem that is strongly defined by a geological component–most
definitions require that the biological community produces its own build-up of calcium …