Abstract
Sphinctozoa skeletons were the main builders in microbial-sponge boundstones and cementstones. Syndepositional lithification of associated automicrite and marine phreatic cementation by radial fibrous and radiaxial calcite favored stabilization and growth of skeleton-cement reefs across a central reef area (close to a platform margin), but without forming a wave-resistant reef framework. Storm-influenced destruction of the buildups and subsequent reworking by waves and currents produced bioclastic-intraclastic grainstones.
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