Carbonate Sand, Yucatan, Mexico
Pictures of sampling site and depositional facies
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Environment | Macro |
Location: |
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Isla Mujeres, Yucatan, Mexico |
Depositional facies: |
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broad, shallow, long, medium to low energy beach |
Provenance: |
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local provenance from the water covered Yucatan platform east of Isla Mujeres. Biogenically grown carbonate is eroded periodically by hurricanes and transported to the beaches by currents | |
Composition: | CaCO3 (calcite and aragonite) |
Texture: | Medium grained, well sorted, well rounded |
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Composition:
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Petrographic thin section:
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Description | Dominated by "tiara" or fingerprint similar red algae |
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Texture:
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Bright field | Dark field |
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Sample number | heubeck0017 | |
Collector | unknown (gift) | |
Date of sampling | ||
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Comments:
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1995? |
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Comments:
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Isla Mujeres is a huge island near Yucatan
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