Unravelling the influence of water depth and wave energy on the facies diversity of shelf carbonates

Carbonate sequence stratigraphy is founded on the principle that changes in relative sea‐level are recorded in the rock record by the accumulation of sediment with relative water depth‐dependent attributes. While at the scale of a shelf to basin transect, facies clearly arrange by water depth, the r...

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Published in:Sedimentology 2015-02, Vol.62 (2), p.541-565
Main Authors: Purkis, Sam J., Rowlands, Gwilym P., Kerr, Jeremy M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbonate sediments
Carbonates
Deep water
Depositional facies
entropy
GIS
Hydrodynamics
Ocean floor
Red Sea
Remote sensing
Shallow water
Stratigraphy
Water depth
Wave energy
Wave height
wave regime
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Summary:Carbonate sequence stratigraphy is founded on the principle that changes in relative sea‐level are recorded in the rock record by the accumulation of sediment with relative water depth‐dependent attributes. While at the scale of a shelf to basin transect, facies clearly arrange by water depth, the relation blurs for depths 
ISSN:0037-0746
1365-3091
DOI:10.1111/sed.12110