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Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions
Vol. 8 (1958), Pages 167-170

Bahamian Limestone Crusts

Louis S. Kornicker (2)

ABSTRACT

Limestone crusts are extensively developed on the cays of the Great Bahama Bank. These are formed by induration of the rock through recrystallization and cementation. The crusts are probably formed above the intertidal zone. The resemblance of some laminated crusts to soft algal mats now forming in the intertidal zone is considered to be, for the most part, coincidental. Crusts are geologically important in protecting underlying, less resistant rock from erosion. Differentiation of two generations of intertidal features is possible if one generation is encrusted.


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