Standard Microfacies Types (Plates 36–39)

Abstract

With the aid of sedimentological as well as paleoecological data, the microfacies types of limestone of various ages can be combined into major types which reflect the depositional and ecological conditions in a certain sedimentary environment. This concept, which was developed on Upper Triassic reef carbonates in the Alpine Mediterranean region (E. Flugel, 1972), was expanded by Wilson (1975) and made more specific for numerous Paleozoic and Mesozoic examples. These Standard Microfacies Types (SMF Types) should, however, not be overrated, although they often prove useful as a basis for discussing depositional environments.