Grotto Beach Formation
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| Grotto Beach Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Mid-Late Pleistocene | |
| Type | Formation |
| Sub-units | Cockburn Town Member |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Grainstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Region | San Salvador Island |
| Country | Bahamas |
Grotto Beach Formation (Bahamas) | |
The Grotto Beach Formation is a geologic formation in the Bahamas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Middle to Late Pleistocene period.[1]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]Further reading
[edit | edit source]- L. Gardiner. 2001. Stability of Late Pleistocene Reef Mollusks from San Salvador Island, Bahamas. Palaios 16:372-386
- B. J. Greenstein, L. A. Harris, and H. A. Curran. 1998. Comparison of recent coral life and death assemblages to Pleistocene reef communities: implications for rapid faunal replacement on recent reefs. Carbonates and Evaporites 13(1):23-31
