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h5. Carbonate Sand, Yucatan, |
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Environment |
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Location: | Isla Mujeres, Yucatan, Mexico |
Depositional facies: | broad, shallow, long, medium to low energy beach |
Provenance: | 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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| Dominated by "tiara" or | |
Bright field |
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Sample number | Collector | Date of sampling |
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heubeck0017 | unknown (gift) | 1995? |
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Comments:
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Mexico | !0059 - NA Isla Mujeres kanlaya4.jpg|thumbnail! | | !17_1.JPG|thumbnail! | | Environment \\ |{table-cell:width=30%} | Macro | | *Location:* \\ | Isla Mujeres, Yucatan, Mexico | | *Depositional facies:* \\ | broad, shallow, long, medium to low energy beach | | *Provenance:* \\ | 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 | \\ Petrographic thin section: | !Hellfeld_Isla_Mujeres_0017.jpg|thumbnail! | Dominated by "tiara" or \\ fingerprint similar red algae \\ | !Dunkelfeld_IMujeres_0017.jpg|thumbnail! | | Bright field \\ | | Dark field \\ | h6. || Sample number \\ || Collector || Date of sampling \\ || | heubeck0017 | unknown (gift) | 1995? | h6. h6. Comments: Isla Mujeres is a huge island near Yucatan |
