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Depositional Models, Facies Zones and Standard Microfacies

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Microfacies of Carbonate Rocks

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Preceding chapters of part 2 of this book were focused on defining microfacies types, recognizing paleoenvironmental constraints and using an integrated approach to facies analysis. Chapter 14 introduces carbonate facies models, underlines the importance of environment-controlled distribution patterns of organisms, and gives an overview of Standard Microfacies Types and their application to the facies analysis of limestones. The latter topic is expanded in the case studies described in Chap. 15.

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Flügel, E. (2010). Depositional Models, Facies Zones and Standard Microfacies. In: Microfacies of Carbonate Rocks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03796-2_14

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