Part 1: Carbonate minerals, limestone classification and definition of environmental and ecological terms: Carbonate minerals. Limestone classification. Definitions of some common marine environmental and ecological terms. Part 2: Carbonate grains: Skeletal carbonates. Non-skeletal grains. Relict grains. Part 3: Depositional processes: sedimentation of carbonate grains. Reef growth. Part 4: Diagenesis: Marine diagenesis. Meteoric diagenesis. Dolomite. Diagenesis of impure limestones and the formation of bedding. Part 5: Carbonate environments: Terrestrial carbonates. Marine carbonates: temperate seas. Marine carbonates: tropical seas. Part 6: Ancient limestones: A note on uniformitarianism. Controls on carbonate facies patterns. Examples of facies sequences. Part 7: Economic aspects: Hydrocarbon reservoirs in carbonate rocks. Carbonates and ore deposits. Quarried limestone.
