Abstract
Geochemical and carbonate petrographical methods were coordinated in facies investigations and environmental reevaluations, related to the Hauptdolomit (Hd.) = main doimite formation (±Norian) of the Northern Calcareous Alps. It is practical to distinguish eight, environmentally controlled, facies units (1–8) and three geochemical groups (I–III). Superimposed upon the environment pattern (tidal complex, lagoonal complex, barrier bar and shoal complex) is a predictable (geochemical) dolomitization and non-carbonate distribution. The vertical and lateral facies associations, their waxing and waning in the geologic columns, allow paleogeographic reconstructions. Especially important are clayey, ±bituminous facies, commonly known as “Seefeld facies”, which are interpreted to be of mainly intertidal to very shallow near-shore, rather than of deep-water, origin. Threefold stratigraphy can be substantiated and is found to be practicable for the Hd. formation in a large part of the Northern Calcareous Alps. In an attempt to explain some of the phenomena associated with dolomitization in the Hd. formation, a model of anaerobic dolomitization has been considered, outlining steps of early diagenetic dolomitization.
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