Tubiphytes in Reef Strata of the Late Carboniferous in South Guizhou Province, China

• 责任者：Guan Changqing (Institute of Geology Resources and Engineering of Northeastern University ; Shenyang 110004 ; China) ; Gong Enpu
• 刊名：Acta Sedimentologica Sinica
• 出版年：2010
• 卷期：28(2)
• 关键词：造礁生物 ; reef builders ; 贵州 ; Guizhou Province
• 页码：p.219-226
• 图表：9 illus., 32 refs.
• 分类号：1100
• issnNo：ISSN1000-0550
• isbnNo：CN62-1038/P

Tubiphytes are widespread in reef strata of the Late Carboniferous in South Guizhou Province. They have a variety of morphological forms. The dense Tubiphytes construct the reef rock mainly by binding. They also form the reef with other reef-building organisms in the study area. The Tubiphytes reefs are relative small-size and localized. In the study area, most of Tubiphytes form boundstone. Tubiphytes boundstone can offer a stable substrate of coral reef by binding sediments. They can also bind the bioclastic grains to form a massive boundstone and enhance the stability of coral reefs. As the important component of the carbonate rocks, Tubiphytes also extensively occur in the strata with other bioclasts.