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This final chapter reviews the stratigraphic principles set down in Chapter II. It generalizes and describes in some detail nine standard facies belts developed along typical carbonate shelf margins; it characterizes several types of shelf margin profiles seen in the geologic record, and lists the common facies and trends displayed by individual buildups of both the basins and the shelves. At the end an attempt is made to interrelate the tectonic, hydrologic, climatic, substrate and organic parameters which control carbonate sedimentation. The prevalent tectonic settings of carbonate deposition are outlined, reviewing parts of Chapters II, IV, and VI.
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Wilson, J.L. (1975). Summary. In: Carbonate Facies in Geologic History. Springer Study Edition. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6383-8_12
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