Atlas of Tropical Carbonates: As Exemplified by Facies of Venezuela: Past and Present

This book is based on more than 40 years of research in the area of carbonate sediments and rocks of different geological ages in Venezuela. It includes examples from the Permian age (more than 270 million years ago) to the Quaternary environments belonging to modern ecosystems located on the southeast and northeast margins of the Caribbean Sea.

It focuses on the description, mainly petrographic, of carbonate sediments and rocks in continental Venezuela, and its modern carbonate systems, b...