A carbonate platform is a sedimentary body which possesses topographic relief, and is composed of autochthonous calcareous deposits (Wilson, 1975). Platform growth is mediated by sessile organisms whose skeletons build up the reef or by organisms (usually microbes) which induce carbonate precipitation through their metabolism. Therefore, carbonate...
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A submarine or intertidal shelf whose elevation is maintained by active shallow water carbonate depo
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A submarine or intertidal shelf whose elevation is maintained by active shallow water carbonate deposition.
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