Jenn Josef

Quinn Roberts

Josh Miller

Marine Sediments 553

Department of Geological Sciences

University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC

 

What are carbonate shelves?

 

Controls of Shallow Water Carbonate Growth and Destruction

 

 

Proceed on to the carbonate platform question set.

 

 

Built by Jenn Josef, Quinn Roberts, and Josh Miller modified by C Kendall

 

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Index to carbonate shelf sediments below or to link back to USC website on sequence stratigraphy click here

Evolution	Lag time	Antecedent Topography
Biology	Climatic Zone	Siliclastic Influx
Temperature & Salinity	Sea Level	Clastic Input
Tectonism	Platform Morphology	Stratigraphic Succession
Water Depth & Turbidity	Subsidence	Lithofacies
Circulation	Carbonate Growth Potential	Eustatic Response