Submarine Lithification of Jamaican Reefs
Land LS and Goreau TF. 1970. Submarine Lithification of Jamaican Reefs. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology. 40:457-462
Widespread Mg-calcite cementation of Recent reef-crest and fore-reef framework and inter-framework sediment is taking place immediately beneath the reef-water interface to depths of at least 70 meters on the North Coast of Jamaica.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Land, Lynton; Goreau, Thomas
- Units
- SFCN
- Keywords
- Argonite, cementation, Coral, Fringes, Mg-calcite