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The Geology and Hydrogeology of Carbonate Islands presents a survey of more than 30 selected islands such as Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Florida Keys, coastal Yucatan, Barbados, the Caymans, Isla de Mona, islands of Polynesia, the Cooks, Guam, Niue, Nauru, Rottnest Island, the Houtman Abrolhos, islands of the Great Barrier Reef and many atolls including Enewetak, Tarawa, Diego Garcia, Mururoa, and the Cocos Islands. The book provides a wealth of observational data and a survey of interpretations on the issues within the intersection of carbonate geology (depositional architecture, diagenetic processes and dolomitization, Cenozoic sea-level history, karstification and blue holes) and island hydrology (distribution of fresh and brackish groundwater, dual-aquifer conceptualizations, modeling of island lenses, water budgets and water resources, effects of climatic variations, island karst, endo-upwelling).
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(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.
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GEOLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY OF CARB ONATE ISLAND S H. LEONARD VACHER AND TERRENCE M. OUINN UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, TAMPA, FLORIDA, USA
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