Topic 6: Carbonates

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During this week, we will contrast the previous topic’s clastic sediments with a different type of sedimentary rock called carbonates - including their impacts on society in terms of water and fossil fuels.

Lecture

Lecture slides: L6 Carbonates

Reading

I suggest reading Chapter 17 of Lutgens and Tarbuck 2015 Essentials of Geology . This is the chapter on shorelines. It does not cover carbonates specifically, but rather it covers some important background to shorelines in general, complementing the content from both this week and last week. You can skip the section on hurricanes.