Geology Of The Cayman Islands Evolution Of Complex Carbonate Successions On Isolated Oceanic Islands Brian Jones by Brian Jones 9783031082290, 303108229X instant download after payment.

• Approximately 60 visits to the islands over last 40 years – sampling and documentation of virtually every accessible outcrop on the islands (including some that no longer exist). Most samples have been fully documented petrographically and geochemically.
• Data from 120 wells that have been drilled to depths up to 245 m (most less than 125 m). Wells have been cored and/or chip sampled. Full documentation of drilling histories, XRD analyses of samples, extensive geochemical analyses for major and minor elements, stable isotopes, 87Sr/86Sr ratios, and Rare Earth Elements from numerous samples.
• Mapping and sampling of modern sediments, including sediment cores, from most of the lagoons around Grand Cayman.
• Extensive thin section petrography, scanning electron microscope, and electron microprobe analyses of the dolostones and limestones that form the bedrock of the islands.
• Samples and data collected from numerous caves on Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac have been used to track their developmental history.
• Detailed analyses of phosphates collected from Little Cayman.
• Detailed analyses of terra rossa collected from each of the islands.