Taking into account of the biogenic components, the algal dolomite, the main component of algal reefs, consisted of Cladosiphonia sinensis, Serpula shandongensis etc.
Physiographic-lily, it could be divided into five fades zones: the reel front, growing reef, reef flat, beach and lagoon;and each zone could be further subdivided.
This paper introduces the geological features and the unhomogeneous weathering phenomenon of coral reef limestone of Sudan Port Area,and the bearing capacity of this layer.
It’s only been latterly that we’ve discovered that it’s lots of individual reefs, around about 2,900 separate reef systems which make up the Great Barrier Reef.