Science. 1972 Dec 22;178(4067):1280-2. doi: 10.1126/science.178.4067.1280.
Living corals on Bermuda patch reefs build a primary framework which, in places, is so destroyed by boring organisms that the reef surface subsides. Organisms that encrust the reef cavities are preferentially preserved as the framework is bored. Burial by loose sediment stops framework growth, encrustation, and boring. Finally, cementation completes fossilization.
百慕大补丁礁上的活珊瑚形成了一个主要的框架，在某些地方，这个框架被钻孔生物破坏得如此严重，以至于珊瑚礁表面下沉。当框架被钻孔时，附着在珊瑚礁腔上的生物被优先保存下来。松散沉积物的掩埋阻止了框架的生长、附着和钻孔。最后，胶结作用完成了化石的形成。
