| 书目名称 | Geology of the Cayman Islands |
| 副标题 | Evolution of Complex |
| 编辑 | Brian Jones |
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| 概述 | Brings together 40 years worth of research on the Cayman Islands.An overview of the evolution of complex carbonate successions on Isolated Oceanic Islands.Provides a history of geological investigatio |
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| 描述 | Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac are, in reality, the summits of independent fault blocks that rise from the depths of the Caribbean Sea. This book traces the geological evolution of these islands over the last 30 to 35 million years. The balance between deposition of carbonate sediments and karst development of the exposed land was dictated by the interaction between ever-changing sea levels and vertical tectonic movement of the fault blocks. Today, drinking water needed for the ever-increasing populations of the islands is supplied largely by desalinization plants that are located in accord with a detailed knowledge of the bedrock..This book is based on an extensive data base that has been assembled over the last 40 years of field work and laboratory analyses. Noteworthy aspects of this database include:.Approximately 60 visits to the islands over last 40 years – sampling and documentation of virtually every accessible outcrop on the islands (including some that no longer exist). Most samples have been fully documented petrographically and geochemically..Data from 120 wells that have been drilled to depths up to 245 m (most less than 125 m). Wells have been cored and/ |
| 出版日期 | Book 2022 |
| 关键词 | Carbonate sedimentology; Carbonate diagenesis; Dolomitization; Unconformities; Terra rossa; Cayman Island |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08230-6 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-3-031-08232-0 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-08230-6 |
| copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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