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==Factors that control facies==
==Factors that control facies==
An interplay of hydrologic and biologic factors produces carbonates in place. Deposition of carbonate sediments is limited to water that is warm, shallow, clear, sunlit, and free of suspended clay. When these conditions prevail, carbonates accumulate rapidly.
An interplay of hydrologic and biologic factors produces [[carbonate]]s in place. Deposition of carbonate sediments is limited to water that is warm, shallow, clear, sunlit, and free of suspended clay. When these conditions prevail, carbonates accumulate rapidly.
[[file:predicting-reservoir-system-quality-and-performance_fig9-66.png|thumb|300px|{{figure number|1}}Typical carbonate facies that develop within the three zones.<ref name=ch09r52>Sarg, J., F., 1988, Carbonate sequence stratigraphy, in Wilgus, C., K., Hastings, B., S., Kendall, C., G. St. C., Posamentier, H., W., Ross, C., A., Van Wagoner, J., C., eds., Sea Level Changes: An Integrated Approach: SEPM Special Publication 42, p. 155–182.</ref> Copyright: SEPM.]]
[[file:predicting-reservoir-system-quality-and-performance_fig9-66.png|thumb|300px|{{figure number|1}}Typical carbonate facies that develop within the three zones.<ref name=ch09r52>Sarg, J., F., 1988, Carbonate sequence stratigraphy, in Wilgus, C., K., Hastings, B., S., Kendall, C., G. St. C., Posamentier, H., W., Ross, C., A., Van Wagoner, J., C., eds., Sea Level Changes: An Integrated Approach: SEPM Special Publication 42, p. 155–182.</ref> Copyright: SEPM.]]