Grotto Beach Formation
Grotto Beach Formation Stratigraphic range: Mid-Late Pleistocene | |
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Type | Formation |
Sub-units | Cockburn Town Member |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Other | Grainstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 24°00′N 74°30′W / 24.0°N 74.5°WCoordinates: 24°00′N 74°30′W / 24.0°N 74.5°W |
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[]
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Bahamas
References[]
Further reading[]
- 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
Categories:
- Geologic formations of the Caribbean
- Geology of the Bahamas
- Neogene Caribbean
- Limestone formations
- Reef deposits
- Caribbean geologic formation stubs
- Neogene stubs
- Bahamas stubs