Carbonate Depositional Systems: Assessing Dimensions and Controlling Parameters
Carbonate sediments are of increasing relevance for archives of past environmental conditions and for economical reasons in areas of geothermal energy and hydrocarbon reservoirs. Complex interaction of physical and chemical parameters with biological para
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Hildegard Westphal Bernhard Riegl Gregor P. Eberli ●
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Carbonate Depositional Systems: Assessing Dimensions and Controlling Parameters The Bahamas, Belize and the Persian/Arabian Gulf
Editors Hildegard Westphal University of Bremen Germany [email protected] Gregor P. Eberli University of Miami Miami, FL [email protected] USA
Bernhard Riegl Nova Southeastern University Dania, FL USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-90-481-9363-9 e-ISBN 978-90-481-9364-6 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9364-6 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010932327 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
This book was initiated by a study conducted at Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences for Shell Research. For the present book this study has been considerably enlarged and modified. The book has benefited from discussions with numerous colleagues, and numerous colleagues have provided us with unpublished data and information. Without this support, this book would not have been possible. Numerous colleagues have reviewed parts of the manuscript. Gerald Friedman has reviewed the concept of the book. The Bahamas chapter has been reviewed by Paul Enos, Pascal Kindler, André Strasser, and Peter Swart. The Belize chapter has been reviewed by Ian MacIntyre, Ed Purdy, and Eberhard Gischler. The Persian Gulf chapter has been reviewed by Tony Lomando and Christopher Kendall. Further reviews of various parts of the book were done by Paul Wright, Fred Read, Mitch Harris, and Bob Ginsburg. To all these colleagues we would like to extend our gratefulness. Sonja Felder and Anastasios Stathakopoulos are acknowledged for proof-reading and formatting the manuscript. We would also like to gratefully acknowledge the support by the late Wolfgang Engel of Springer Verlag who accompanied the first preparation of this book and who did not live to see it finalized. Suzanne Mekking and Martine van Bezooijen then accompanied the project from the manuscript to the book you hold in your hands now. January 2010
Hildegard Westphal Bernhard Riegl Gregor P. Eberli
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Contents
1 Parameters Controlling Modern Carbonate Depositional Environments: Approach.......................................................................... Hildegard Westphal, Gregor P. Eberli, and Bernhard Riegl 2 Controlling Parameters on Facies Geometries of the Bahamas, an Isolated Carbonate Platform Environment........... Kelly L. Bergman, Hildegard Westphal, Xavier Janson, Anthony Poiriez, and G
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