Carbonate Sand, Yucatan, Mexico
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Environment |
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:
Description |
Dominated by "tiara" or fingerprint similar red algae |
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Bright field |
Dark field |
Sample number |
heubeck0017 |
Collector |
unknown (gift) |
Date of sampling |
1995? |
Comments:
Isla Mujeres is a huge island near Yucatan
