Carbonate Rock Resources, Facies, Weathering, Preservation

The industrial use of carbonate rocks depends on physical and chemical properties. These properties are the result of the sedimentary and diagenetic history of the rocks. In many cases, the ‘primary (depositional) facies’ influencing the course of diagenesis are important controls for specific physical-chemical rock criteria. Microfacies analysis assists in understanding these controls. The study of causal relationships between microfacies data and specific rock properties will be an important tool of future work. This chapter demonstrates some examples illuminating the potential of applied facies analysis in this field.