The Devonian and Carboniferous laminated dolomites in GuizhouGuangxi Region are mainly distributed on the edge of continentlinked(shelf)carbonate platform and the isolated carbonate platform near deep trough.The dolomitization mechanism includes active tidal pumping dolomitization
normal seawater dolomitization
mixed near surface dolomitization
buried squeezecompaction flow dolomitization
tectonic hydrothermal dolomitization.It is suggested that different dolomitization models possess different mechanisms and characters.