Carbonate Sand, Yucatan, Mexico
Pictures of sampling site and depositional facies
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Environment |
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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)
Petrographic thin section:
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Dominated by "tiara" or |
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Bright field |
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Dark field |
Texture:
Medium grained, well sorted, well rounded
Sample number |
Collector |
Date of sampling |
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heubeck0017 |
unknown (gift) |
1995? |
Comments:
Isla Mujeres is a huge island near Yucatan
