Analogs for Carbonate Deposition in Early Rift Setting

• Author(s): Paul Mitchell Harris, James Ellis, Samuel J. Purkis,
• Publisher: SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
• Pages: 77
• ISBN_10: 1565763270
  ISBN_13: 9781565763272
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Science / General ,

Description:... Driven by requests to provide carbonate analogs for subsurface hydrocarbon exploration in rift settings, we have identified and described select examples, summarized them from a carbonate perspective, and assembled them into a GIS database. The analogs show a spectrum of sizes, shapes and styles of deposition for lacustrine and marginal marine settings, wherein the types of carbonates inferred from seismic and cores (emphasis on microbialites, tufas, and travertines) can be illustrated.