Models and stratigraphy of mid-Cretaceous reef communities, Gulf of Mexico

(Concepts in Sedimentology & Paleontology 2)

Community structure of Gulf Coast reefs changed significantly during the Albian. Paleoecologic analyses of cores and outcrops of these reefs document the taxonomic composition, the relative abundances, and the diversity of reefal paleocommunities. Reefal-community structure differed between open-sea shelf margins and ramps around intrashelf basins.