carbonate Platform Question Set

1. How do carbonate platforms respond to changes in relative sea level?
2. What are ideal conditions for shallow carbonate growth and how is this represented in carbonate deposits?
3. What are the four basic types of platform morphologies and give an example of each?
4. What are the main cycles associated with the carbonate platform stratigraphic successions?
5. How do oceanographic processes such as tides, waves, etc. effect the carbonate factory?

Index to carbonate shelf sediments