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Burial Diagenesis in Limestones

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Sediment Diagenesis

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Abstract

As carbonate sediments become buried, major changes in fabric, composition, rigidity and porosity tend to occur. Character of burial diagenesis is controlled by precursor sediment character, pore fluid, lithostatic and tectonic stresses, evolving aqueous chemical influences, and time for kinetically slow processes to have effect.

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  1. Marine Geology and Geophysics Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, Florida, 33149, USA

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Wanless, H.R. (1983). Burial Diagenesis in Limestones. In: Parker, A., Sellwood, B.W. (eds) Sediment Diagenesis. NATO ASI Series, vol 115. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7259-9_8

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