Gulf of Mexico: Its Origin, Waters, and Marine LifeU.S. Government Printing Office, 1954 - 604 sider |
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Side 49
... less filled with sediment and marshy growths . The beaches of this sector ( Martens 1931 ) have much shell material but also quartz sand . The quartz is derived from elevated sandy Pleistocene beach deposits of the elongated dome ...
... less filled with sediment and marshy growths . The beaches of this sector ( Martens 1931 ) have much shell material but also quartz sand . The quartz is derived from elevated sandy Pleistocene beach deposits of the elongated dome ...
Side 52
... less and cliffless coasts , in quiet shallow waters , that the unique mangrove ridge and lagoon are found . Davis ( 1940 ) reports the growth on Florida as one of the greatest known . The tropical and near- tropical mangrove forests of ...
... less and cliffless coasts , in quiet shallow waters , that the unique mangrove ridge and lagoon are found . Davis ( 1940 ) reports the growth on Florida as one of the greatest known . The tropical and near- tropical mangrove forests of ...
Side 53
... less aquatic plants . As the zone of maximum arrest and accumula- tion of inorganic sediment advances Gulfward , lack of accretion or a decrease in rate of accretion in the zone nearer the original mainland permits normal compaction of ...
... less aquatic plants . As the zone of maximum arrest and accumula- tion of inorganic sediment advances Gulfward , lack of accretion or a decrease in rate of accretion in the zone nearer the original mainland permits normal compaction of ...
Side 54
... less uninterrupted rise of sea level from about -8 feet relative to mean sea level has been mentioned . Drowned lacustrine plain of Florida Bay.— Anaylsis of this unusual type of marine area needs somewhat extended exposition . The ...
... less uninterrupted rise of sea level from about -8 feet relative to mean sea level has been mentioned . Drowned lacustrine plain of Florida Bay.— Anaylsis of this unusual type of marine area needs somewhat extended exposition . The ...
Side 56
... well - cut and well - preserved terrace or by a broad elevated lagoon flat with a barrier island . Less well - developed and somewhat controversial shore- lines are reported 56 FISHERY BULLETIN OF THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE.
... well - cut and well - preserved terrace or by a broad elevated lagoon flat with a barrier island . Less well - developed and somewhat controversial shore- lines are reported 56 FISHERY BULLETIN OF THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE.
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Agassiz algae Allman Assn Atlantic average bacteria barrier island basin beach bottom Bull Campeche Campeche Bank Caribbean Carnegie Inst Cedar Keys charts coast of Florida continental shelf coral Cuba currents d'Orbigny delta deposits depth diatoms dinoflagellates distribution Dry Tortugas expedition fathoms fauna feet figure Fish Fisheries flora Florida Keys Foraminifera Galveston Geol geologic Gulf coast Gulf of Mexico Host hydrographic hydroids Jour Key West Laboratory lagoons limestone Linton Louisiana low waters mangrove Manter marine meters miles Mississippi River northern observations occur ocean Oceanographic offshore organic oyster parasites Peninsula Pensacola plankton plants range reefs region reported salinity sand sea level sea water Sector sediments semidaily shallow shore shoreline slope species sponges stations Straits of Florida surface swamp temperature Texas tidal tion trematodes tropical United States Coast Washington west coast wind Yucatán Channel Yucatán Peninsula zone Zool
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