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Spiculite 64, 174, 192, 195, 196, 223, 241, Supratidal 84, 299
264,267,286,353 Surface exposure 183,218
Spirorbids 62,211 Surmeh shelf (see Qatar-Surmeh block)
Sponge-alga (algal-sponge) reef or mound Swan Hills Formation 130
5,266,279,317,362 Swiss Jura reeffacies 44,260,261, 266-271
Sponges 62,71, 72, 102, 109, 110, 137, 145,
167,174,190,197,211,223,229,232,241, Talus (marine-see also Facies, marine talus)
244, 250, 253, 254, 257, 261, 263, 267, 25,151,195,231,245,267
271-273,322,325,329,355,359,368,376 Tamabra Formation 329, 333, 335
Spongiomorph hydrozoans 245, 250, 253, Tamaulipas Formation 328, 335
263,273,322,329,333,337,368 Tectonic activity 202, 213, 216, 281, 288,
Spongiostrome 69, 82, 108, 118, 250, 360 289,362,370
Stabilization of sediment (in banks, reefs) Tectonic controls 51, 150, 219, 235, 293,
367, 369 361,363
Stachyoides (dendroid stromatoporoid) Tectonic setting 170, 174, 198, 200, 221,
138, 173 349, 369, 375, 377
Staining 58 Tepee structures 84,231,304
Starved basins 100, 112,217,255, 258, 289, Terrigenous (clastic) influx 202, 204, 205,
340,348,354 216,340,342
Stein platte reef (Sonnenwande) 245, 253 Tethys (Tethyan geosyncline) 254, 258,
Still-stand of deposition 49,296, 345, 349 261,319
Stoney Mountain (Maquoqueta-Sylvan for- Texas craton 301
mations) 48 Textural inversion 62,65
Stromatactoid structures 70, 79, 82, 96, Thamama Group 315,344
108,109,126,137-139, 146, 153, 160, 162, "Thecosmilia" (organ-pipe coral) 167, 239,
165,167,183,238,253,357 241,244,250,253,363
Stromatolites (stromatolite mounds) 97, Thickness variations 40,44
102,108,109,118,137,145,165,172,174, Thin sections (use of) 57
198,210,227,229,239,304,306,360,368 Thin-shelled bivalves 265, 353
Stromatoporoids 110-112, 115, 117-119, Thin subsurface correlation markers 43
126,137,139,141, 142, 145, 147, 174, 198, Tidal bars 6, 7,66, 68, 199,219, 358, 365
201,239,244,263,362,363,368,369,374 Tidal channels 98, 306
Stromatoporoids (bulbous, globular, cab- Tidal currents 47,358,374
bage head) 72,96, 109, 128, 138, 143 Tidal deltas 6, 365
Stromatoporoids (dendroid) 138 Tidal flats 47, 96, 171, 217, 229, 240, 242,
Stromatoporoids (massive, encrusting) 62, 267,270,276,290,293,295,298,299,302,
71,74,100,102,121,143,250,253,299 307,310,312,315,317,363,379
Stromatoporoids (plate-like) 109 Tidal variations 282
Stromatoporoids (tabular-lamellar) 71, Topography (control on carbonate growth)
102,103,109, 112, 117, 119, 121, 126, 138, 42
143, 167 Topography (see slopes and depositional
Structural trends (multilinear, control on relief)
carbonate buildups) 129, 192, 333, 338, Townsend-Kemnitz field 173, 192, 195, 196
345 Trace fossils 78, 353
Stuart City-Edwards reef 328,336 Transgressive reef 39
Stylolites (stylolitization) 62, 71, 93, 204, Transgressive sedimentation 39, 50, 51, 54,
318,328,339,345 179,185,189,196,202,204,213,215,216,
Subaerial exposure surfaces 49, 70, 147, 258,289,304,338,348
196,201,231,240,254,296,297,345,357, Trenton limestone 91
367,374 Trilobites 5,98,100, 110, 112, 139, 144, 162,
Submarine cementation 287 211
Subsidence, differential 37, 238, 254, 335, Thbiphytes 71, 173, 174, 193, 196, 198, 201,
370 223,229,232,239,241,243
Subsidence control on sedimentation 37, Tubular foraminifera 172, 173, 176, 193,
51,214,363 196,198,199,201,369
Subsolution of carbonate 70, 76, 265 Tubules and pipes 241,304
Sun River dolomite 316 "Tufa mounds" 152