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. Front matter ......Page 2 1 Introduction......Page 12 2 Study Area and Material......Page 24 3 Methods......Page 30 4 Primary Signals - Sediment Input......Page 40 5 Secondary Signals - Diagenesis......Page 99 6 Outlook......Page 160 References......Page 162