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Chapter V The Lower Carboniferous Waulsortian Facies 148
Relation of Waul sort ian Facies to Regional Paleostructure 150
Composition of Typical Waulsortian Facies 162
Theories of Mound Origin 165
Conclusions ............. 167
Chapter VI Pennsylvanian-Lower Permian Shelf Margin Facies in South-
western United States of America . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Paleotectonic Setting, Geologic History, and Climate 169
Special Organic Communities Forming Carbonate Buildups
in Late Paleozoic Strata . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 171
Examples of Permo-Pennsylvanian Carbonate Buildups 174
Conclusions .................. 198
Chapter VII Late Paleozoic Terrigenous-Carbonate Shelf Cycles . 202
Introduction ................ . 202
Y oredale Cycles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Pennsylvanian and Wolfcampian Shelf Cyclothems of the
Midcontinent and Southern Rocky Mountains . . . . . . 206
Chapter VIII Permo-Triassic Buildups and Late Triassic Ecologic Reefs 217
Permian Reef Complex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
The Middle Triassic of the Dolomites . . . . . . . . . . 233
Upper Triassic Reef-Lined Banks and Basinal Mounds of
Austria and Bavaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Similarities and Differences between Permian and Triassic
Reef Complexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Chapter IX Reef Trends and Basin Deposits in Late Jurassic Facies of
Europe and the Middle East 257
Regional Settings .... . 258
Basic Microfacies .... . 262
The Reef Girdle of Central Europe 266
The Solnhofen Facies . . . . . . . 274
Chapter X Shoaling upward Shelf Cycles and Shelf Dolomitization 281
Oolite-Grainstone Cycles . . . . . . 283
Lime Mud-Sabkha Cycles ..... 297
Platform Cycles with Intense Diagenesis 304
Dolomitization of Carbonate Banks and Interior Shelf Cycles 310
Conclusions .................... 318
