Page 189 - Carbonate Platforms Facies, Sequences, and Evolution

break
interior
the reef
interior.
shelf edge.
Shelf interiors
Shelf interiors
Shelf interiors
Table 1. (Cont.)
framestone and
within the shelf
within the shelf
M: thick sequences
(east side of Basin)
basin ward of the
0: fairly continuous
front of the shelf
coral bafftestones
M: small coraliferous
B: with association 5
bafftestone reefs at
Montejunto formations
M: thin, discontinuous
break; small coral-
0: lower reef-front and
the shelf break, with
framestone knolls in
chaetetid patch reefs
B: lower part of buildup
below the deep-water
sheltered areas within
cap (associations 1-3)
sequences at the shelf
B: towards top of buildup
and thin cap to buildup
above association 4 and
with reef (association 5),
0: behind and interfingering
buildups
buildups and
buildup
Absent
Absent
buildup
basinward of the
capping drowned
Deeper parts and
common in the intraclast
grainstones (association 7)
chaetetid framestones most
Small coral-stromatoporid -
Bulk of the lower part of the
Montejunto formations
association 7, becoming more
forming the upper half of the
(northwest side of Basin)
Thin and widespread sequence
Thin sequences associated with
common towards the salt structures
18)
Absent
Absent
on Fig. 18)
on Fig. 18)
Farta Pao formation
formations
of varying composition
(420-440m on Fig. 18)
the Mem Martins formation
Uppermost part of the Mem
Uppermost part of the Mem
throughout the upper part of
(southwest side of basin)
formation (up to 350m on Fig.
Mem Martins & Farta Pao
Martins formation (380-420 m
Martins formation ( 420-440 m
Small bindstones & bafftestones
Lower parts of the Mem Martins
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent
lagoons
Absent
Absent
shelf break
lagoonal settings
Fringing biostromal
Coral bindstones and
of shelf break, and in
ooid grainstones overly
structure: cross-bedded
Amaral formations
Inter-biostrome areas in
biostromes: deposited at
(central basinal area)
bafflestones just basin ward