Bioherm type comprises tower reef, patch reef, massive reef, platform-edge reef and atolls etc.

生物礁类型有塔礁、补丁礁、块礁、台地边缘礁、环礁。

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Organic reefs in the study region form a patch reef group on the carbonate platform margin ramp and they are interruptedly distributed along the platform margin.

研究区的生物礁为碳酸盐台地边缘缓坡点礁群，沿着台地边缘断续分布。

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Yijianfang formation of Middle Ordovician sedimentary period is the open platform of regional seawater shoaling with platform-inter-shallow patch reef sedimentary.

中奥陶统一间房组沉积时期为区域性的海水变浅的开阔台地台内浅滩夹点礁沉积。

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Patch reef: small colonies of corals, sometimes less than 10 m (33 ft) in diameter.

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