Abstract
The sublittoral environment occupies water depths between 20 and 200 meters (see above). This interval coincides with the depth range of most continental shelves and some upper slopes. Carbonate sediments within this habitat generally represent a transition between shallow-water and deep-sea facies. Many sublittoral carbonates consist of material deposited during the last rise in sea level, 5 to 15 thousand years ago (Milliman and Emery, 1968), admixed with present-day sublittoral carbonates and planktonic components. Much of the discussion in this chapter is taken directly from a paper presented during an AGI (American Geological Institute) lecture (Milliman, 1971).
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Milliman, J.D., Müller, G., Förstner, U. (1974). Transitional (Sublittoral) Carbonate Sedimentation. In: Recent Sedimentary Carbonates. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65528-9_7
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