Abstract
Observations and sampling to 350 m from submersible off Chub Cay, Berry Islands, Bahamas, suggest that accretion is occurring to varying degrees in all subdivisions of the platform margin profile. Supports the idea that the upper portion of the wall from 30 to 85 m, the brow or deep-reef, is a principal source of talus, now cemented, that foots the windward margins of Great Bahama Bank. We infer that the brow grows outward so rapidly that it calves periodically. The resulting debris largely bypasses the deeper wall, but some is perched on the steep fore-reef slope below. -from Authors
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 976-987 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Journal of Sedimentary Petrology |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1991 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Science(all)
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
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Ginsburg, R. N., Harris, P. M., Eberli, G. P., & Swart, P. K. (1991). The growth potential of a bypass margin, Great Bahama Bank. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 61(6), 976-987. https://doi.org/10.1306/D426781B-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D