Carbonate Platform Slopes — A Record of Changing Conditions

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   Pages 1-12

3. Study area and material

   Pages 13-18

4. Methods

   Pages 19-28

5. Primary signals — Sediment input

   Pages 29-87

6. Secondary signals — Diagenesis

   Pages 89-149

7. Outlook

   Pages 151-152

8. Back Matter

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Periplatform slope sediments from the Bahamas serve as an example for a small-scale sedimentologic record of environmental changes. Carbonate platforms react sensitively to sea-level fluctuations. Therefore, sediments deposited on the slope during lowstands differ in composition from highstand deposits. A second focus is the early diagenetic alteration and cementation of these sediments with their high diagenetic potential. This book contributes to and discusses new developments in carbonate sedimentology such as the concepts of highstand shedding and early burial diagenesis, which also have an impact on reservoir studies.

• Bahamas
• Sediment
• carbonate diagenesis
• diagenesis
• environment
• highstand shedding
• sedimentology
• shallow marine burial

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