▪ Abstract Many groups of extinct and extant organisms have aggregated to form reefs for
over 3.5 billion yr (Ga). Most of these communities, however, grew under ecological and …

The 2nd Edition of Carbonate Reservoirs aims to educate graduate students and industry
professionals on the complexities of porosity evolution in carbonate reservoirs. In the …

Reefs are an extraordinary natural phenomenon. Visible from outer space, coral reefs are
the largest biologically constructed features known; in close proximity their spectacular …

This book, the first in a new series by the National Cave and Karst Research Institute, draws
on international examples and the international experience of author Dr. Alexander …

Late Permian reefs of the Capitan complex, west Texas; the Magnesian Limestone, England;
Chuenmu** reef, south China; and elsewhere contain anomalously large volumes of …

Seaward progradation of several kilometers has been documented mostly for leeward
margin low-angle carbonate slope systems with a dominant platform top sediment source …

Abstract Interpretation of seepage reflux dolomitization is commonly restricted to intervals
containing evaporites even though several workers have modelled reflux of mesosaline …

ABSTRACT Siliciclastics of the Yates Formation (Permian, upper Guadalupian) are
significant hydrocarbon reservoirs in the United States Permian basin. Subsurface and …

Shelf-to-basin outcrop studies in steep-rimmed, shelf-margin settings are uncommon
because continuous shelf-to-basin transects are rarely exposed in a single outcrop …

Examples of both highstand and lowstand deposition have been identified on the upper
platform slopes of the Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas. Highstand deposits consist of a thick …