Cyclicity of shallow-water carbonate sediments in different climatic zones |
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Authors: | V. G. Kuznetsov |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Oil and Gas Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Gubkina 3, Moscow, 117701, Russia |
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Abstract: | Based on the study of several different-age shallow-water carbonate sediments from different regions, it is established that cyclothems formed in basins of arid and humid climatic zones differ in their composition and structure. It is shown that the influence of climate was indirect. The climate governed salinity (particularly, in extremely shallow-water settings of initial and terminal stages of the formation of cyclothems) and, thus, stimulated changes in the biota. The biota, in turn, controlled the composition of carbonate material and mechanisms of its sedimentation. |
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