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Holocene
Carbonates of the Great Bahamas Bank
Third page of
Bahamian Gallery
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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