DEVELOPMENTS IN SEDIMENTOLOGY 5 4 GEOLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY OF CARBONATE ISLAND S LIST OF CASE STUDIES 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 26 28 29 30 31 32 (Bermuda): Hermeneutics and the Pleistocene sea-level history of Bermuda. (Bahamian archipelago): Blue holes of the Bahamas. (Florida Keys): Interplay of carbonate islands, coral reefs and sea level. (Florida Bay): Hydrogeochemical evidence of diagenesis. (n.e. Yucatan): Influence of climate on early diagenesis of carbonate eolianites. (Cayman Islands): The Cayman Island karst. (Isla de Mona): Evolution of the Mona Reef complex. (St Croix): Dolomitization on St. Croix. (Barbados): Early near-surface diagenesis (Pitcairns): Geological evolution of Henderson Island, an emergent limestone island. (Makatea): Volcanic-isostatic polyphase motion and uplifted atolls. (Fr. Polynesia): Interstitial waters of reefs and endo-upwelling. (Cooks): Subsurface geology beneath the lagoons as revealed by drilling. (Niue): Dolomitization at Niue. (Tonga): Freshwater lens at Tongatapu. (Kiribati): 1, Mid-Holocene highstand; 2, Calculating the water balance for Tarawa. (Marshall Islands): Modeling development alternatives in dual-aquifer atoll islands. (Anewetak): Use of Sr isotopes to determine accommodation, subsidence and sea-level change. (Enewetak): Numerical modeling of Enjebi Island groundwater. (Federated States of Micronesia): Hydrogeologic reconnaissance on remote atoll islands by electromagnetic surveying. (Fiji): Reconnaissance investigations of groundwater lenses in limestone on Vatoa and Oneata. (Houtman Abrolhos): Chronology and sea-level history of the Abrolhos reefs in the Late Quaternary. (Great Barrier Reef): Status of coral cays of the GBR during a period of global climatic change. (Heron): Nutrient dynamics in a vulnerable ecosystem. (Cocos [Keeling]): Development of surface morphology of Cocos Atoll. (Diego Garcia): Effects of climatic variation on groundwater supply. D E V E L O P M E N T S IN S E D I M E N T O L O G Y 54 GEOLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY OF CARB ONATE ISLAND S H. LEONARD VACHER AND TERRENCE M. OUINN UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, TAMPA, FLORIDA, USA 2004 ~-~ • i~ ~ ELSEVIER Amsterdam - Boston - Heidelberg - London - New York - Oxford Paris - San D i e g o - San F r a n c i s c o - Singapore- Sydney- Tokyo ELSEVIER B.V. Sara Burgerhartstraat 25 P.O. Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands ELSEVIER Inc. 525 B Street, Suite 1900 San Diego, CA 92101-4495 USA ELSEVIER Ltd The Boulevard, LangfordLane Kidlington,Oxford OX5 1GB UK ELSEVIER Ltd 84 Theobalds Road LondonWC1X 8RR UK © 1997 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. This work is protected under copyright by Elsevier B.V., and the following terms and conditions apply to its use: Photocopying Single photocopies of single chapters may be made for personal use as allowed by national copyright laws. Permission of the Publisher and payment of a fee is required for all other photocopying, including multiple or systematic copying, copying for advertising or promotional purposes, resale, and all forms of document delivery. Special rates are available for educational institutions that wish to make photocopies for non-profit educational classroom use. Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier's Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone (+44) 1865 843830, fax (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail:
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