Introduction • PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS • Skeletal Grains/Bioclasts • 1. Microbes and Calcareous Algae - Calcimicrobes and cyanobacteria, Marine green algae, Charophytes, Red algae, Phylloid algae • 2. Foraminifers - Agglutinated forms, Small calcareous benthics, Large benthics, Encrusting forms, Planktics • 3. Other Micro- and Nannofossils - Calpionellids, Coccolithophores, calcareous nannoplankton, Calcispheres, Tunicate spicules, Radiolarians, Diatoms and other siliceous algae, Dinoflagellates and related groups • 4. Annelids and Related Groups • Serpulids and sabellariids, Cornulites, tentaculites and styliolinids • 5. Sponges and Related Groups • Archaeocyaths, Sponges, Stromatoporoids • 6. Corals, Octocorals, and Hydrozoans - Tabulate corals, Rugose corals, Scleractinian corals, Octocorals, Hydrozoans • 7. Bryozoans • 8. Brachiopods • 9. Mollusks • Gastropods, Cephalopods, Scaphopods • 10. Echinoderms • Echinoids, Crinoids, Blastoids, Holothurians, Asteroids and ophiuroids • 11. Arthropods • Trilobites, Ostracodes, Barnacles • 12. Problematica • Receptaculites, Nuia, Palaeoaplysina, Tubiphytes, Lithocodium, Hensonella • 13. Vertebrate and Plant Remains - Vertebrate bones, teeth, and scales, Conodonts, Woody plant remains, Spores, pollen, and organic matter • Non-skeletal Grains • 14. Ooids, Pisoids and Other Coated Grains • Ooids, Pisoids and other coated grains • 15. Intraclasts and Extraclasts • 16. Pellets and Peloids • 17. Non-carbonate Constituent Grains -Terrigenous grains, Glauconite, Phosphate Iron minerals • 18. Matrix - Micrite, microspar, and micritic precipitates • 19. Primary Sedimentary Fabrics/Structures • Burrows, Borings, Geopetal fabrics, Fenestral fabrics, Laminations • CARBONATE CLASSIFICATION • 20. Carbonate Rock/Sediment Classifications - Folk (1959/1962), Dunham, Embry and Klovan, Wright, Examples • 21. Carbonate Porosity Types and Classification • DIAGENESIS • 22. Diagenetic Processes and Terminology • 23. Syngenetic/Eogenetic Marine Diagenesis - Bio-alteration and micrite envelopes, Aragonite cements, Hardgrounds, Internal sediment Botryoidal cements, Other cements • 24. Eogenetic Meteoric Diagenesis - Vadose fabrics, Phreatic fabrics, Calcrete/caliche/paleosol/paleokarst fabrics, Travertines and other fabrics • 25. Mesogenetic/Telogenetic Burial Diagenesis - Mechanical and chemical compaction features, Fractures, Cements, Paragenetic relationships • 26. Dolomite and Siderite • Dolomite, Baroque (saddle) dolomite, Leached and/or calcitized dolomite, Siderite • 27. Sulfides and Chlorides • 28. Silica Replacement and Cementation • 29. Other Diagenetic Materials - Sulfides and oxides, Fluorite, Phosphate and glauconite, Authigenic feldspar, Hydrocarbons • 30. Techniques - Staining, peels, impregnation, and illumination techniques, Cathodoluminescence microscopy, Epi-fluorescence microscopy, Fluid inclusion studies, SEM X-ray dispersive analysis, Electron microprobe analysis, X-ray diffraction analysis, Stable isotopic geochemistry, Strontium isotope geochemistry • Glossary • Index