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Table 1-1. Comparison of modern rates of CaC0 3 sedimentation with depositional rates of
some thick limestone sections
Reference Locality Maximum Time Rate Depositional
thickness years meters per environment
meters 1000 years

Enos (1974) Florida reef 25 7000 3+ Reef and debris
tract
Turmel- Rodriguez bank 5 Less than 1+ Open sea bank
Swanson (1972) 5000
Stockman et al. Florida bay- 3 3000 Lagoon
(1967) Crane key
Shinn et al. Andros Island 1.5 2200 0.7 Tidal flats
(1965)
Bathurst (1971), 3 3800 0.8
and Cloud
(1962)
Hling et al. Sabkha Faishak 4 4000 1 Sabkha
(1965)
Kinsman (1969) Trucial coast 2 4000-5000 0.5 Sabkha-intertidal
Brady (1971) N.E. Yucatan 5 5000 1 Lagoonal average
from bank
thickness

Holocene
Average rate of 1.0 Lagoons, tidal
shallow water flat, sebkhas, reefs
CaC0 3
production·
Goodell- Superior well, 4600 120 x 10 6 0.035 Bank sediment
Garman (1969) Andros Island
Suniland field 4000 120 x 10 6 0.03 Bank-shallow
Florida shelf
Coogan et al. Golden Lane 1500 20x 10 6 0.08 Bank sediment
(1972) bank (Albian-
Cenomanian)
Wilson,J.L. Persian Gulf 6000 200 x 10 6 0.03 Shallow marine
Mesozoic- and tidal flat
Cenozoic-
maximum
Ham,W.E. Arbuckle Group 3000 100 x 10 6 < 0.03 Tidal flat-
(Lower lagoonal
Ordovician
portion)
Maximum rate 0.04 Variety of shallow
ofCaC0 3 sediments like
production those of Holocene
from ancient
rocks
a These figures are maximum thickness of unconsolidated mud or reef growth over Late
Pleistocene subaerially exposed and hardened sediment. They represent accumulation since
the last sea level rise. (Post-Wisconsin glacial maximum).