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Lower Kouen or mounds are present in strata just older than the main reef mass and consist of
C",oIs&~.bolllo_ enoy boaclow: poIood pod<~_ w.n cnnc>o<!., 'ooom, moIu.u 800c1o ..... 1110_ & , .. .. oIvoo Ius 1 brKCIO.eo<oIs, opongoo<nor ...... Rud-.. ken Valley, a local Kossen basin filled with deep water Jurassic strata. The Steinplatte reef front indicates a depositional relief of
~ ~ 01< QJd n..cosrnJoo Fig. VIII-22. West side of Steinplatte, Tyrol in Austria. Forereef to basin facies according to Ohlen (1959). The reef front trends northeast at an acute angle to the plane of the cross section. Immediately east of the south end of the section lie extensive backreef exposures along the Sonnenwan
dor~ Mowed woc.l.-slOt'ltl Coo< .. cIor~ wod_. cronood. & moIu .... w.n .",oed 'ovno. cnnooO.. moIIusIo.. , .. dobr~ 01 corols, _, f dendroid corals and spongiomorph hydrozoans. The cross section is about 1 km long. There is no vertical exaggeration
Me grn orgtU Boodo ..... <Cto". C/O,l poc~ talus grades along the slope of the profile. Small initial reefs
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