Table of contents : Carbonate Diagenesis and Porosity......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Preface......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 Consequences of Biological Influences over Carbonate Sediments......Page 14 Sedimentary Processes and Depositional Environments Common to Both Carbonates and Siliclastics......Page 19 Carbonate Rock Classification......Page 20 Sedimentation Style-The Ubiquitous Carbonate Shoaling Upward Sequence and Cyclicity......Page 22 Carbonate Shelf Evolution-Response to Sea Level......Page 24 The Changing Nature of Carbonate Shelf Margins in Response to Global Tectonics......Page 27 Consequences of High Chemical Reactivity of Carbonates Relative to Siliclastics......Page 28 Summary......Page 31 The Classification of Carbonate Porosity......Page 34 The Nature of Primary Porosity in Modern Carbonate Sediments......Page 40 Secondary Porosity......Page 46 Summary......Page 53 The Diagenetic Environments of Porosity Modification......Page 56 Tools for the Recognition of Diagenetic Environments of Porosity Modification in the Geologic Record......Page 59 Summary......Page 86 Introduction......Page 88 Shallow Water Normal Marine Diagenetic Environments......Page 89 Deep Marine Diagenetic Environments......Page 121 Summary......Page 129 Introduction......Page 132 The Marginal Marine Sabkha Diagenetic Environment......Page 136 Marginal Marine Evaporative Lagoons and Basins (Reflux Dolomitization)......Page 156 Summary......Page 172 Geochemical and Mineralogical Considerations......Page 174 Summary......Page 188 The Vadose Diagenetic Environment as Developed in Metastable Carbonate Sequences......Page 190 The Meteoric Diagenetic Environment in Mature. Mineralogically Stable Systems......Page 194 Summary......Page 229 Introduction......Page 232 Summary......Page 247 The Burial Setting......Page 250 Compaction......Page 256 Burial Cementation......Page 273 Subsurface Dissolution......Page 280 Subsurface Dolomitization......Page 281 The Role of Early, Surficial Depositional and Diagenetic Processes Versus Burial Processes in Shaping Ultimate Porosity Evolution......Page 290 Predicting Changes in Porosity with Depth......Page 292 Summary......Page 296 References......Page 298 Index......Page 330