Geology of the Cayman Islands : evolution of complex carbonate successions on isolated oceanic islands / Brian Jones.
2022
QE226.C39
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Title
Geology of the Cayman Islands : evolution of complex carbonate successions on isolated oceanic islands / Brian Jones.
ISBN
9783031082306 (electronic bk.)
3031082303 (electronic bk.)
9783031082290
303108229X
3031082303 (electronic bk.)
9783031082290
303108229X
Published
Cham : Springer, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 291 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
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10.1007/978-3-031-08230-6 doi
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QE226.C39
Dewey Decimal Classification
557.292/1
Summary
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/or chip sampled. Full documentation of drilling histories, XRD analyses of samples, extensive geochemical analyses for major and minor elements, stable isotopes, 87Sr/86Sr ratios, and Rare Earth Elements from numerous samples. Mapping and sampling of modern sediments, including sediment cores, from most of the lagoons around Grand Cayman. Extensive thin section petrography, scanning electron microscope, and electron microprobe analyses of the dolostones and limestones that form the bedrock of the islands. Samples and data collected from numerous caves on Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac have been used to track their developmental history. Detailed analyses of phosphates collected from Little Cayman. Detailed analyses of terra rossa collected from each of the islands.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Tectonic Setting of Cayman Islands
Stratigraphic framework
The Bluff Group
The Ironshore Formation
Modern marine sediments of the Cayman Islands
Dolomitization of the Bluff Group
Karst and caves
Phosphates, terra rossa and mangrove peat
Modern Hydrology
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Tectonic Setting of Cayman Islands
Stratigraphic framework
The Bluff Group
The Ironshore Formation
Modern marine sediments of the Cayman Islands
Dolomitization of the Bluff Group
Karst and caves
Phosphates, terra rossa and mangrove peat
Modern Hydrology
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