Subsurface biogeology of the Alacranes Reef, Yucatán
Keywords:
biotic, Holocene transgression, continental platform , ancient reef, modern reefAbstract
In this reef, located in the Campeche Sound, the existence of four sedimentary environments characterized by different biotic communities was determined: (1) reef front and shallow waters of the windward slope (to the north); (2) front and shallow waters of the flanks; (3) lagoon bottoms and lower slope; and (4) extremely shallow protected waters. The growth of this reef on the continental platform is analyzed in two stages: the "ancient reef" formed from the beginning of the Holocene transgression, about 11,000 years ago, until a regression about 8,000 years ago; the modern reef formed from that date until about 5,000 years ago, when sea level reached its current level.
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Gómez-Caballero, J. A. (2005). Historia e índice comentado del Boletín del Instituto de Geología de la UNAM. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana: Volumen Conmemorativo del Centenario Aspectos históricos de la Geología Mexicana, 57I(2), 149-185. http://dx.doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2005v57n2a3
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