Carbonate Platform Slopes ― A Record of Changing Conditions: The Pliocene of the Bahamas (Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, 75)

Periplatform slope sediments from the Bahamas serve as an example for a small-scale sedimentologic record of environmental changes. Carbonate platforms react sensitively to sea-level fluctuations. Therefore, sediments deposited on the slope during lowstands differ in composition from highstand deposits. A second focus is the early diagenetic alteration and cementation of these sediments with their high diagenetic potential. This book contributes to and discusses new developments in carbonate sedimentology such as the concepts of highstand shedding and early burial diagenesis, which also have an impact on reservoir studies. Introduction....Pages 1-12 Study area and material....Pages 13-18 Methods....Pages 19-28 Primary signals — Sediment input....Pages 29-87 Secondary signals — Diagenesis....Pages 89-149 Outlook....Pages 151-152