Holocene Carbonates of the Great Bahamas Bank

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This section is designed to introduce geologists to the Holocene shallow water carbonate sediments exposed over the Great Bahamas Bank. While all geologic occurences of carbonate and clastic sediments have a "unique" character imposed by the specifics of the depositional setting for that location and time, they also carry many common signals. This gallery of photographs should help you identify common and different signals for the carbonates you can see in the Holocene and the ancient. Most of these photographs were taken by Christopher Kendall while making field observations of the Great Bahamas carbonate shelf and reef margin complex, probably the most well known and most thoroughly studied Holocene carbonate platforms of the world. These carbonates have accumulated here from the Late Triassic to present day on the western margin of the Atlantic since the inception of the ocean body, responding to changing sea level and productivity.

Most of the materials and text used on this site are based on the publications and the compendium of information assembled by Christopher Kendall and colleagues he has worked with over the years. Many of the maps and diagrams presented in the below are from the publications linked to the page. There are also a number of spectacular photographic images taken from outer space that have been downloaded from NASA.

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072 Grapestone Crust	073 Grapestone Area Northwest of Joulters	074 Grapestone Area Diagram	075 Loose Grapestones &Giant Sponges	076 Calcareous Green Algae
077 Sources of Lime Mud Bahamas	078 Days Resident Waters NW Bahamas	079 Salinity NW Bahamas	080 Hardened Pellets	081 Hardened Pellets NW of Andros
082 Hardened Pellets NW of Andros	083 Soft Carbonate Pellets Factory	084 Soft Carbonate Pellets Factory	085 Carbonate Mud Factory	086 Carbonate Mud Factory
087 Carbonate Mud Factory Crashed Plane Atoll	088 Acropora Reef East Andros	089 Acropora Reef East Andros	090 Reef Flanks Tongue of Ocean	091 Corals of Andros Reef Tract
092 Montastrea Pillar Andros Bahamas	093 Diploria Pillar Diadema grazing Andros Bahamas	094 Montastrea Pillar & Sea Whips Andros Bahamas	095 Burrowing of Coral Pillars	096 Diploria & Diadema
097 Diadema Grazing	098 Momma Rhoda Rock Key	099 Momma Rhoda Acropora Spur & Groove	100 Crest of Spur Mamma Rhoda	101 Groove Mamma Rhoda
102 Crest Moma Rhoda	103 Acropora Cervicornis Bahamas	104 Acropora Palmata	105 Acropora Palmata	106 Acropora Palmata
107 Main Andros Reef Trend	108 Thallasia To Lea of Reef	109 Patch Reefs East of Andros	110 Noel James Patch Reef_Diagram	111 Patch Andros Reef Tract
112 Diploria Patch Andros Reef Tract	113 Agaricia Millepora Andros Patch Reef	114 Porites Andros Patch Reef	115 Montastrea & Diploria Patch Reef	116 Porites over Diploria Andros Patch Reef
117 Montastrea over Diploria Andros Patch Reef	118 Agaricia Andros Patch Reef	119 Millepora Andros Patch Reef	120 Just below Low Tide Reef Patches	121 Fresh Creek Andros Bahamas
122 Patch Reef Cementation	123 Patch Reef Cementation	124 West Andros Astronaut Snapshot	125 Map West Andros	126 Map West Andros Progrades
127 X Section West Andros Progrades	128 3 Creeks West Andros	129 Creeks Andros Island Bahamas	130 Pond Stratigraphy West Andros Noel James	131 Three Creeks West Andros Bahamas
132 Williams Island Bahamas	133 West Andros Bahamas	134 West Andros Bahamas	135 West Andros Bahamas	136 West Andros Bahamas
137 Goose Creek West Andros Bahamas	138 Goose Creek West Andros Bahamas	139 West Andros Bahamas	140 Goose Creek West Andros Bahamas	141 Goose Creek West Andros Bahamas

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