1.
Understand the controls on modern carbonate production and deposition.
2. Classify ancient carbonate rocks according
to the “Dunham’s Carbonate Rock Texture Classification.”
3. Understand the relationship between depositional
environment, depositional system, and facies tract.
4. Recognize peritidal, platform-interior,
platform-margin, slope, and basin facies that form the major
carbonate systems and how they are distributed across a platform.