Chapter 3B Geology of the Bahamas: Architecture of Bahamian islands

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 54, Issue C, 2004, Pages 141-160

  Kindler, Pascal ^a   Hearty, Paul J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956759969     PISSN: 00704571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-4571(04)80024-4     Document Type: Chapter

References (55)

1. Aalto K.R., and Dill R.F. Late Pleistocene stratigraphy of a carbonate platform margin, Exumas, Bahamas. Sediment. Geol. 103 (1996) 129-143
2. Aharon P., Chappell J., and Compston W. Stable isotope and sea-level data from New Guinea supports Antarctic ice-surge theory of ice ages. Nature 283 (1980) 649-651
3. Aurell M., McNeill D.F., Guyomard T., and Kindler P. Pleistocene shallowing-upward sequences in New Providence, Bahamas: signature of high-frequency sea-level fluctuations in shallow carbonate platforms. J. Sediment. Res. B65 (1995) 170-182
4. Ball M.M. Carbonate sand bodies of Florida and the Bahamas. J. Sediment. Petrol. 37 (1967) 556-591
5. Bathurst R.B.G. Carbonate sedimentology and diagenesis (1975), Elsevier, Amsterdam 658 pp
6. Beach D.K., and Ginsburg R.N. Facies succession of Pliocene-Pleistocene carbonates, Northwestern Great Bahama Bank. Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull. 64 (1980) 1634-1642
7. Carew J.L., and Mylroie J.E. The Pleistocene and Holocene stratigraphy of San Salvador Island, Bahamas, with reference to marine and terrestrial lithofacies at French Bay. In: Curran H.A. (Ed). Pleistocene and Holocene carbonate environments on San Salvador Island, Bahamas. Geol. Soc. Am. Annu. Meet. Field Trip Guideb., Field Trip 2 (1985), CCFL Bahamian Field Station, Fort Lauderdale 11-61
8. Carew J.L., and Mylroie J.E. A refined geochronology for San Salvador Island, Bahamas. In: Curran H.A. (Ed). Proc. 3rd Symp. Geol. Bahamas (1987), CCFL Bahamian Field Station, For Lauderdale 35-44
9. Carew J.L., and Mylroie J.E. A stratigraphic and depositional model for the Bahama islands (abstr.). Geol. Soc. Am. Abstr. Programs 23/1 (1991) 14
10. Carew J.L., and Mylroie J.E. Some pitfalls in paleosol interpretation in carbonate sequences. Carbonates and Evaporites 6 (1991) 69-74
11. Carew J.L., and Mylroie J.E. New perspectives on Bahamian Geology: San Salvador, Bahamas. Journal of Coastal Research 9 (1994) 577-594 Discussion of: Hearty, P.J., and Kindler, P., 1993 J. Coastal Res., 10: 1087-1094
12. Carew J.L., and Mylroie J.E. Depositional model and stratigraphy for the Quaternary geology of the Bahama islands. In: H.A. Curran and B. White (Editors), Terrestrial and Shallow Marine Geology of the Bahamas and Bermuda. Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Pap. 300 (1995) 5-32
13. Carew J.L., and Mylroie J.E. Straw men, glass houses, apples and oranges: a response to Carew and Mylroie's comment on Hearty and Kindler, 1993. Journal of Coastal Research 10 4 (1995) 1095-1105 Rejoinder to Hearty, P.J., and Kindler, P., 1994 J. Coastal Res., 11: 256-260
14. Carew J.L., and Mylroie J.E. Fossil reefs and flank margin caves: indicators of late Quaternary sea level and tectonic stability of the Bahamas. Quat. Sci. Rev. 14 (1995) 145-153
15. Carew J.L., Curran H.A., Mylroie J.E., Sealy N.E., and White B. Field guide to sites of geological interest, western New Providence, Bahamas (1996), Bahamian Field Station, San Salvador 36 pp
16. 230 Th data from fossil coral reefs in the Bahamas. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 103 (1991) 82-97
17. In: Curran H.A., and White B. (Eds). Terrestrial and Shallow Marine Geology of the Bahamas and Bermuda. Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Pap. 300 (1995) 344 pp
18. Dill R.F., Shinn E.A., Jones A.T., Kelly K., and Steinen R.P. Giant subtidal stromatolites forming in normal salinity waters. Nature 324 (1986) 55-58
19. Field, R.M. and collaborators. Geology of The Bahamas. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 42 (1931) 759-784
20. Friedman G.M. Early diagenesis and lithification in carbonate sediments. J. Sediment. Petrol. 34 (1964) 777-813
21. Garrett P., and Gould S.J. Geology of New Providence Island, Bahamas. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 95 (1984) 209-220
22. Gelsanliter S., and Wanless H.R. High-frequency sea-level oscillations in the late Holocene of South Florida: a dominating control on facies initiation and dynamics (abstr.). First SEPM Congr. on Sediment. Geol. (St Pete Beach FL). Progr. Abstr. 58 (1995)
23. Gerhardt D.J. The anatomy and history of a Pleistocene strand plain deposit, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas. M.S. Thesis (1983), Univ. Miami, Coral Gables FL 131 pp
24. Halley R.B., Muhs D.R., Shinn E.A., Dill R.F., and Kindinger J.L. A + 1.5-m reef terrace in the southern Exuma islands, Bahamas (abstr.). Geol. Soc. Am. Abstr. Programs 23/1 (1991) 40
25. Hattin D.E., and Warren V.L. Stratigraphic analysis of a fossil Neogoniolithon-capped patch reef and associated facies, San Salvador, Bahamas. Coral Reefs 8 (1989) 19-30
26. Hearty P.J. An inventory of last interglacial (sensu lato) age deposits from the Mediterranean basin. Z. Geomorph. N.F. 62 (1986) 51-69
27. Hearty P.J., and Kindler P. New perspectives on Bahamian geology: San Salvador Island, Bahamas. J. Coastal Res. 9 (1993) 577-594
28. Hearty P.J., and Kindler P. An illustrated stratigraphy of the Bahama islands: in search of a common origin. Bahamas J. Sci. 1 (1993) 28-45
29. Hearty P.J., and Kindler P. Straw men, glass houses, apples and oranges: a response to Carew and Mylroie's comment on Hearty and Kindler, 1993. J. Coastal Res. 10 (1994) 1095-1106
30. Hearty P.J., and Kindler P. Sea-level highstand chronology from stable carbonate platforms (Bermuda and the Bahamas). J. Coastal Res. 11 (1995) 675-689
31. Hearty P.J., and Kindler P. The geology of North Eleuthera, Bahamas: a "rosetta stone" of Quaternary stratigraphy and sea levels. First SEPM Congr. Sediment. Geol. (St. Pete Beach FL) Field Trip Guideb, Field Trip 3 (1995) 23 pp
32. Hearty P.J., and Kindler P. The stratigraphy and surficial geology of New Providence and surrounding islands. J. Coastal Res. 13 (1997) in press
33. Hearty P.J., and Neumann A.C. Parabolic beach/dune ridge system marks catastrophic end of Substage 5e in the Bahamas (abstr.). Geol. Soc. Am. Abstr. Progams 26/7 (1994) 515
34. Hine A.C., Wilber R.J., and Neumann A.C. Carbonate sandbodies along contrasting shallow bank margins facing open seaways in Northern Bahamas. Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull. 65 (1981) 261-290
35. 18 O record. In: Berger A.L. (Ed). Milankovitch and Climate, Part I (1984), Reidel, Dordrecht 269-305 et al.
36. Kindler P. Coastal response to the Holocene transgression in the Bahamas: episodic sedimentation versus continuous sea-level rise. Sediment. Geol. 80 (1992) 319-329
37. Kindler P. New data on the Holocene stratigraphy of Lee Stocking Island (Bahamas) and its relation to sea-level history. In: Curran H.A., and White B. (Eds). Terrestrial and Shallow-Marine Geology of the Bahamas and Bermuda, Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Pap. 300 (1995) 105-116
38. Kindler P., and Bain R.J. Submerged Upper Holocene beachrock on San Salvador Island, Bahamas: implications for recent sea-level history. Geol. Rundschau 82 (1993) 241-247
39. Kindler P., and Hearty P.J. Pre-Sangamonian eolianites in the Bahamas? New evidence from Eleuthera Island. Mar. Geol. 127 (1995) 73-86
40. Kindler P., and Hearty P.J. Carbonate petrography as an indicator of climate and sea-level changes: new data from Bahamian Quaternary units. Sedimentol. 43 (1996) 381-399
41. Land L.S., MacKenzie F.T., and Gould S.J. Pleistocene history of Bermuda. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 78 (1967) 993-1006
42. Li W.-X., Lundberg J., Dickin A.P., Ford D.C., Schwarcz H.P., McNutt R., and Williams D. High-precision mass-spectrometric uranium-series dating of cave deposits and implications for paleoclimate studies. Nature 339 (1989) 534-536
43. K.R. L., Muhs D.R., Simmons K.R., Halley R.B., and Shinn E.A. Sea-level records at ≈80 ka from tectonically stable platforms: Florida and Bermuda. Geology 24 (1996) 211-214
44. Miller G.H., Paskoff R., and Stearns C.E. Amino acid geochronology of Pleistocene littoral deposits in Tunisia. Z. Geomorph. N.F. 62 (1986) 197-207
45. Muhs D.R., and Bush C.A. Uranium-series age determinations of Quaternary eolianites and implications for sea-level history, New Providence islands, Bahamas (abstr.). Geol. Soc. Am. Abstr. Programs 19 (1987) 780
46. Muhs D.R., Bush C.A., Stewart K.C., Rowland T.R., and Crittenden R.C. Geochemical evidence of Saharan dust parent material for soils developed on Quaternary limestones of Caribbean and western Atlantic islands. Quat. Res 33 (1990) 157-177
47. Neumann A.C., and Hearty P.J. Rapid sea-level changes at the close of the last interglacial (substage 5e) recorded in Bahamian island geology. Geology 24 (1996) 775-778
48. Newell N.D., and Rigby J.K. Geological studies on the Great Bahama Bank. In: R.J. Le Blanc and J.G. Breeding (Editors), Regional aspects of carbonate deposition. Soc. Econ. Paleontol. Mineral. Spec. Publ. 5 (1957) 15-72
49. Plaziat J.-C., Baltzer F., Choukri A., Conchon O., Freytet P., Orszag-Sperber F., Purser B., Raguideau A., and Reyss J.-L. Quaternary changes in the Egyptian shoreline of the Northwestern Red Sea and Gulf of Suez. Quat. Int. 29/30 (1995) 11-22
50. Sherman C.E., Glenn C.R., Jones A.T., Burnett W.C., and Schwarcz H.P. New evidence for two highstands of the sea during the last interglacial, oxygen isotope substage 5e. Geology 21 (1993) 1079-1082
51. Strasser A., and Davaud E. Formation of Holocene limestone sequences by progradation, cementation, and erosion: two examples from the Bahamas. J. Sediment. Petrol. 56 (1986) 422-428
52. Titus R. Quaternary emergent facies patterns of San Salvador, Bahamas. In: Gerace D.T. (Ed). Field Guide to the Geology of San Salvador (1980), CCFL Bahamian Field Station, Fort Lauderdale 97-116
53. Titus R. Geomorphology, stratigraphy, and the Quaternary history of San Salvador. In: Curran H.A. (Ed). Proc. 3rd Symp. Geology of the Bahamas (1987), CCFL Bahamian Field Station, Fort Lauderdale 155-164
54. Vacher H.L. Coastal dunes of Younger Bermuda. In: Coates D.R. (Ed). Coastal Geomorphology. Publications in Geomorphology (1973), State University of New York, Binghamton 355-391
55. Vacher H.L., and Hearty P.J. History of stage 5 sea level in Bermuda: review with new evidence of a rise to present sea level during substage 5a. Quat. Sci. Rev. 8 (1989) 159-168