Blow Hole Cave: An Unroofed Cave on San Salvador Island, the Bahamas, and its Importance for Detection of Paleokarst Caves on Fossil Carbonate Platforms

Authors

  • Pavel Bosák Institute of Geology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rozvojov‡ 135, CZ-165 02 Praha 2
  • John E. Mylroie Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi 39762
  • Jindŕich Hladil Institute of Geology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rozvojov‡ 135, CZ-165 02 Praha 2
  • James L. Carew Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston, CHARLESTON, SC 29424
  • Ladislav Slavík Institute of Geology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rozvojov‡ 135, CZ-165 02 Praha 2

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/ac.v31i3.379

Abstract

Prispevek obravnava podobnosti v razvoju krasa kvartarne karbonatne platforme na otoku San Salvador in devonske karbonatne platforme na platoju Krásná na Moravskem. Za obe območji so značilne jame, katerih nastanek lahko razložimo s "flank margin" modelom in so nastale v območju sladkovodnih leč med obdobji relativno visoke morske gladine, v času relativno stabilne halokline, kar potrjujejo različne študije jamskih zapolnitev. V obeh primerih so jamske sedimentne zapolnitve genetsko primerljive - obalni in eolski sedimenti ter breče.



The comparative study of a Quaternary carbonate platform (San Salvador Island, the Bahamas) and a Devonian Carbonate Platform (Krásná Elevation, Moravia) indicates a great similarity in karst evolution. Caves on both sites are interpreted as flank margin caves associated with a freshwater lens and halocline stabilised during sea-level highstands. The sedimentary fill of both caves is genetically comparable - beach and aeolian sediments with bodies of breccias.

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Published

2016-05-30

How to Cite

Bosák, P., Mylroie, J. E., Hladil, J., Carew, J. L., & Slavík, L. (2016). Blow Hole Cave: An Unroofed Cave on San Salvador Island, the Bahamas, and its Importance for Detection of Paleokarst Caves on Fossil Carbonate Platforms. Acta Carsologica, 31(3). https://doi.org/10.3986/ac.v31i3.379

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 3 (2002)

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Original papers

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