Understanding Carbonate Processes, Deposition, and Preservation: Breakthroughs and Challenges

This Short Course Notes volume contains extended abstracts of talks and posters presented at the two-day SEPM event ‘Understanding Carbonate Processes, Deposition, and Preservation: Breakthroughs and Challenges’ held before the 2025 International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy (IMAGE) in August of 2025.  The purpose of the meeting was to showcase the latest in carbonate research that has advanced the fundamental science and addressed applied industry problems.  The technical program was centered around four key carbonate research themes: 1) Physical, Biological and Chemical Process Sedimentology of Carbonates presents recent work ranging from geochemical signals captured in ooids to carbonate mass transport processes to microbial cementation and micritization; 2) Mixed Siliciclastic and Lacustrine Carbonate Systems highlights new spins on the reciprocal sedimentation model, how siliciclastics can influence the evolution of reef systems, and the controls on heterogenous lacustrine carbonate facies mosaics; 3) Carbonates as Archives of Earth Processes and Changes examines the complex icehouse carbonate stratigraphic record and controls in deep time through the Modern, the role of microbes during post-extinction recovery, and an approach for understanding and characterizing the carbonate record during Oceanic Anoxic Events; and 4) Integration of New Applications with Carbonate Interpretation demonstrates the use of AI in recognizing and optimizing carbonate facies characterization, seismic interpretation, and data integration for reservoir modeling, as well as new work on hydrodynamic modeling to unravel the controls on carbonate intrashelf basins.  This abstract volume is a comprehensive foundation of resources for those interested in cutting edge carbonate topics and applicable to both academic research and industry settings. 

ISBN: 978-1-56576-390-6
eISBN: 978-1-56576-391-3