- I. Introduction
- 1. Carbonates and the Ocean
- 2. Methods
- II. Carbonate Components
- 3. Non-Skeletal Components
- 4. Skeletal Components
- 5. Summary of Carbonate Composition
- III. Marine Carbonate Sedimentation
- 6. Eulittoral (Shallow-Water) Sedimentation
- 7. Transitional (Sublittoral) Carbonate Sedimentation
- 8. Deep-Sea Carbonates
- IV. Carbonate Diagenesis
- 9. Carbonate Degradation
- 10. Carbonate Cementation
- 11. Dolomitization
- Appendix I. Key to the Identification of Carbonate Components in Thin Section
- Appendix II. Key to the Identification of Carbonate Components. Under Reflected Light.
Few fields of research in the earth sciences have produced as much data and litera ture as the study of carbonate sediments and rocks. The past 25 years in particular, have seen a significant increase in studies concerning modern marine and fresh water carbonates. With the present worldwide interest in oceanographic research, marine carbonates have received the bulk of the attention, particularly with respect to shallow-water sediments. However, in terms of the variety of environ ments, compositions and modes of formation, non-marine carbonates probably encompass a wider spectrum than do ma.