Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Books and Book Chapters
Delineating and Quantifying Depositional Facies Patterns of Modern Carbonate Sand Deposits on Great Bahama Bank
Book Title
SEPM Short Course 54
ORCID ID
B-8552-2013
Document Type
Book
ISBN
9781565763012
Publication Date
2010
Keywords
Carbonates, Reservoir
Description
SEPM Short Course #54
Delineating and Quantifying Depositional Facies Patterns. Processed satellite images, derived bathymetry (Digital Elevation Models), and sand body interpretation maps of three key areas of modern carbonate sand deposition on Great Bahama Bank (GBB) are organized into a GIS to develop morphometric data. The results of the sand body and sandbar interrogation imply that certain architectural properties of high-energy sand deposits are generic. We think such results broaden our perspective of the types of information that can be derived from studies of the modern and hopefully will stimulate further studies. Collectively, the sand deposits show a range of depositional facies patterns. Rimming the southern end of Tongue of the Ocean (TOTO) is the broadest expanse of "high-energy" sands found in the Bahamas characterized by narrow sandbars separated by wide, deep channels and a lack of islands. A variation of the tidal bar motif with broader and more irregular sandbars, relatively narrow channels, and few small islands occurs at the northern end of Exuma Sound (Schooners). Sands associated with tidal channels and the numerous islands of the Exumas chain along the western edge of Exuma Sound occur primarily as flood tidal deltas.
Publisher
SEPM
Disciplines
Oceanography | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
NSUWorks Citation
Harris, Paul Mitch; James Ellis; and Samuel J. Purkis. (2010). Delineating and Quantifying Depositional Facies Patterns of Modern Carbonate Sand Deposits on Great Bahama Bank. In SEPM Short Course 54 .