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A) location of B

N
platform margin

morphology of subtidal
barrier reef salina Holocene beach ridges Peistocene beach ridges
sand and rubble
B) Fig. 7.8.— A) Part of Caicos Bank in
the southeastern Bahamas, after Wan-
less and Dravis(1989), modified. The
platform shows the complex interplay of
sea level, antecedent topography and
L sediment supply. The narrow shelf W
and N of the island still is analogous
to a lowstand tract, abutting against
the cliffed edge of the Pleistocene is-
land. The remainder of the platform is
L in transgressive or highstand condition.
B) Satellite image of left part of A. “L” in-
dicates lowstand conditions. After Harris
and Kowalik (1994). (Reprinted by per-
mission of the AAPG whose permission
is required for further use).