Off-reef open shelf
Depth of water
Inner shelf - Outer shelf (50 - 140 m)
Circumstances
The outer most part of the the organic reef complex.
Sedimentary facies (Sediments)
Packstone, Wackestone
Sedimentary facies (Structures)
Poorly bedded by bioturbation, Parallel stratification
Sedimentary facies (Fossils, Coral reef)
Planktonic forams, Deep-water oysters, Pecten, Echinoids, Corals
Sedimentary systems
Components of organic reefs
- Back-reef lagoon (Inner)
- Back-reef lagoon (Outer)
- Reef core
- Reef tidal channel
- Reef crest
- Forereef slope
- Off-reef open shelf