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Field
Photographs of
the Holocene and Pleistocene Carbonates
of Florida
Introduction
This page
links to photographs taken by a variety of scientists including
the compiler of this gallery of Holocene and Pleistocene carbonates
of Florida, Christopher Kendall. Where information of the photographer
or the constructor of the maps and cross sections are available,
these are indicated on or beside the image. There are also a number
of spectacular photographic images taken from outer space that have
been downloaded from NASA.
Image
Gallery
This gallery of images focuses on the geology of Florida
Keys. It displays the reefs to seaward of the Keys including the
famous linear trend of Acropora Reefs with their spur and groove
fabrics that rim the Straights of Florida; the Patch Reefs on the
Florida Platform between the linear rim of seaward margin reefs
and the Florida Keys; and the nearshore Rodriguez Key Porites Reefs
just east and offshore from the Key Largo. It also includes Florida
Bay mangrove swamps, some of their Keys and banks. It also has photographs
of Pleistocene carbonates from localities that include the ancient
reefs of Windley Key Quarry reefs and various outcrops of the Miami
Oolite, within Miami and just to its south. The gallery includes
maps that locate the galleries on their appropriate pages. The photographs
can be viewed by clicking on the images in the tables below that
are beside the listed localities or the highlighted text. Note that
many of these photographs were taken some years ago and you will
notice the many of the reefs are no longer so luxurious!
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