Structure and composition of organic reefs and carbonate mud mounds: concepts and categories

R Riding - Earth-Science Reviews, 2002 - Elsevier
Defined here as 'essentially in place calcareous deposits created by sessile organisms',
Organic Reefs are diverse and complex structures with a long geological history. Their …

Reef building and carbonate production modes in the west-central Tethys during the Cenozoic

L Pomar, JI Baceta, P Hallock, G Mateu-Vicens… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2017 - Elsevier
Changing components, rock textures, lithofacies, platform types and architecture throughout
time are unique characteristics of carbonate rocks. Characterizing these attributes has been …

Mesophotic coral buildups in a prodelta setting (late Eocene, southern Pyrenees, Spain): a mixed carbonate–siliciclastic system

M Morsilli, FR Bosellini, L Pomar, P Hallock… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Lower Priabonian coral bioherms and biostromes, encased in prodelta marls/clays, occur in
the Aínsa‐Jaca piggyback basin, in the South Central Pyrenean zone. Detailed mapping of …

A Model for the Origin of Large Carbonate- and Evaporite-Hosted Celestine (SrSO4) Deposits

JS Hanor - Journal of Sedimentary Research, 2004 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Celestine (SrSO4) is a common minor diagenetic mineral phase in marine carbonate
sediments, where it is thought to form during the transformation of Sr-bearing aragonite or …

Formation and development of coral reefs in the South China Sea

J Liu, L Cao, W Xu, G Li, R Xiang, X Su, Y Luo… - Palaeogeography …, 2022 - Elsevier
Coral reefs are unique geologic bodies that are formed by biological activity in tropical and
subtropical oceans and coastal areas. When and how these reefs came into being and …

Marine biota response to clastic sediment influx: a quantitative approach

SW Lokier, MEJ Wilson, LM Burton - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2009 - Elsevier
There have been few quantitative studies of the effects of siliciclastic and volcaniclastic
sediment influx on carbonate producing organisms from the geological record. This study …

Equatorial carbonates: an earth systems approach

MEJ Wilson - Sedimentology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The hypothesis here is that an earth systems 'processes to products' approach can be used
to better develop predictive models for the recognition and assessment of under‐evaluated …

Celestite formation, bacterial sulphate reduction and carbonate cementation of Eocene reefs and basinal sediments (Igualada, NE Spain)

C Taberner, JD Marshall, JP Hendry, C Pierre… - …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Petrographic and geochemical studies of an Upper Eocene reef and associated basinal
sediments from the mixed carbonate–siliciclastic fill of the south‐eastern Pyrenean foreland …

Tectonic influences on SE Asian carbonate systems and their reservoir development

MEJ Wilson, R Hall - 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
SE Asian carbonate formations have been reviewed with the aim of understanding the
influence of tectonics on their development and reservoir potential through the Cenozoic …

Diagenesis of a SE Asian Cenozoic carbonate platform margin and its adjacent basinal deposits

RHC Madden, MEJ Wilson - Sedimentary Geology, 2013 - Elsevier
This study provides insights into the diagenesis of a SE Asian Tertiary carbonate platform
and the variations in alteration that occur across platform top, margin, slope and adjacent …