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Reef Diagenesis

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Editors:
  1. Johannes H. Schroeder

    1. George Washington University, USA
      Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, Technische Universität, Berlin 12, FR Germany

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  2. Bruce H. Purser

    1. Laboratoire de Pétrologie Sédimentaire et Paléontologie, Université Paris-Sud Orsay, Orsay Cedex, France

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Reef Diagenesis: Introduction

    1. Reef Diagenesis: Introduction

      • J. H. Schroeder, B. H. Purser
      Pages 1-5

  3. Cenozoic Reefs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Regional Distribution of Submarine Cements Within an Epicontinental Reef System: Central Great Barrier Reef, Australia

      • J. F. Marshall
      Pages 8-26

    3. Model of Reef Diagenesis: Mururoa Atoll, French Polynesia

      • D. M. Aissaoui, D. Buigues, B. H. Purser
      Pages 27-52

    4. The Primary Surface Area of Corals and Variations in Their Susceptibility to Diagenesis

      • B. R. Constantz
      Pages 53-76

    5. Variation in Diagenetic Sequences: An Example from Pleistocene Coral Reefs, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia

      • W.-C. Dullo
      Pages 77-90

    6. Internal Hydrology and Geochemistry of Coral Reefs and Atoll Islands: Key to Diagenetic Variations

      • R. W. Buddemeier, J. A. Oberdorfer
      Pages 91-111

    7. Diagenesis of a Miocene Reef-Platform: Jebel Abu Shaar, Gulf of Suez, Egypt

      • D. M. Aissaoui, M. Coniglio, N. P. James, B. H. Purser
      Pages 112-131

    8. Diagenetic Diversity in Paleocene Coral Knobs from the Bir Abu El-Husein Area, S Egypt

      • J. H. Schroeder
      Pages 132-158
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1 2 J. H. SCHROEDER and B. H. PURSER 1 Introduction A symposium convened during the Vth International Coral Reef Congress in Papeete, Tahiti, 1985, encouraged the editors to assemble this volume of case studies by participating and, especially, by nonparticipating scientists. An attempt was made to include case studies from various regions and geological periods, carried out on various scales from regional to ultrastructural. We hope to present an overall view of reef diagenesis. Although the volume focuses on reef diagenesis, fields also to be considered are biology, paleontology, and sedimentary facies distribution, as they provide the context and, to some extent, encompass the determinants of diagenetic processes. The scope has been limited to reef diagenesis because we feel that reefs have relatively clearly defined geometries, which facilitate the evaluation of diagenetic trends and the definition of diagenetic models. On the other hand, their many different components make reefs somewhat more complex than other deposits, and this creates difficulties in deciphering diagenetic histories; the study of reefs, therefore, is not the simplest manner of solving the many problems relating to carbonate diagenesis. An additional reason for evaluating reef diagenesis is the reservoir potential of these carbonate bodies. To illustrate the point, in the recent collection of 35 case studies of carbonate reservoirs (Roehl and Choquette 1985), reefs were involved in 15. The emphasis on porosity development in many studies of the present volume is therefore not of mere academic interest.

Editors and Affiliations

  • George Washington University, USA

    Johannes H. Schroeder

  • Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, Technische Universität, Berlin 12, FR Germany

    Johannes H. Schroeder

  • Laboratoire de Pétrologie Sédimentaire et Paléontologie, Université Paris-Sud Orsay, Orsay Cedex, France

    Bruce H. Purser

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