Geology and Hydrogeology of Carbonate Islands

H. Leonard Vacher and Terrence M. Quinn (Eds.)9780444815200, 0-444-81520-1

The Geology and Hydrogeology of Carbonate Islands presents a survey of more than 30 selected islands such as Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Florida Keys, coastal Yucatan, Barbados, the Caymans, Isla de Mona, islands of Polynesia, the Cooks, Guam, Niue, Nauru, Rottnest Island, the Houtman Abrolhos, islands of the Great Barrier Reef and many atolls including Enewetak, Tarawa, Diego Garcia, Mururoa, and the Cocos Islands. The book provides a wealth of observational data and a survey of interpretations on the issues within the intersection of carbonate geology (depositional architecture, diagenetic processes and dolomitization, Cenozoic sea-level history, karstification and blue holes) and island hydrology (distribution of fresh and brackish groundwater, dual-aquifer conceptualizations, modeling of island lenses, water budgets and water resources, effects of climatic variations, island karst, endo-upwelling).

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Table of contents :
Content:
Preface Original Research Article
Pages v-vii
H. Leonard Vacher, Terrence M. Quinn

List of contributors Original Research Article
Pages ix-xiii

Chapter 1 Introduction: Varieties of carbonate islands and a historical perspective Original Research Article
Pages 1-33
H.L. Vacher

Chapter 2 Geology and hydrogeology of Bermuda Original Research Article
Pages 35-90
H.L. Vacher, Mark P. Rowe

Chapter 3 A Geology of the Bahamas Original Research Article
Pages 91-139
James L. Carew, John E. Mylroie

Chapter 3B Geology of the Bahamas: Architecture of Bahamian islands Original Research Article
Pages 141-160
Pascal Kindler, Paul J. Hearty

Chapter 3C Geology of the Bahamas: Subsurface geology of the Bahamas banks Original Research Article
Pages 161-182
Leslie A. Melim, Jose Luis Masaferro

Chapter 4 Hydrogeology of the Bahamian archipelago Original Research Article
Pages 183-216
Fiona F. Whitaker, Peter L. Smart

Chapter 5 Geology and hydrogeology of the Florida Keys Original Research Article
Pages 217-248
Robert B. Halley, H.L. Vacher, Eugene A. Shinn

Chapter 6 Geology of mud islands in Florida Bay Original Research Article
Pages 249-274
Peter K. Swart, Philip A. Kramer

Chapter 7 Geology of coastal islands, northeastern yucatan peninsula Original Research Article
Pages 275-298
William C. Ward

Chapter 8 Geology and hydrogeology of the Cayman islands Original Research Article
Pages 299-326
Brian Jones, K.-C. Ng, I.G. Hunter

Chapter 9 Geology of Isla de Mona, Puerto Rico Original Research Article
Pages 327-358
Luis A. Gonzalez, Hector M. Ruiz, Bruce E. Taggart, Ann F. Budd, Vanessa Monell

Chapter 10 Geology and hydrogeology of St. Croix, Virgin Islands Original Research Article
Pages 359-379
Ivan P. Gill, Dennis K. Hubbard, Peter P. Mclaughlin, C.H. Moore Jr.

Chapter 11 Geology and hydrogeology of Barbados Original Research Article
Pages 381-406
John D. Humphrey

Chapter 12 Geology of selected islands of the Pitcairn group, Southern Polynesia Original Research Article
Pages 407-431
S.G. Blake, J.M. Pandolfi

Chapter 13 Geology and hydrogeology of Mururoa and Fangataufa, French Polynesia Original Research Article
Pages 433-451
DaniÈle C. Buigues

Chapter 14 Geology of Makatea Island, Tuamotu archipelago, french polynesia Original Research Article
Pages 453-473
Lucien F. Montaggioni, Gilbert F. Camoin

Chapter 15 Geomorphology and hydrogeology of selected islands of French Polynesia: Tikehau (Atoll) and Tahiti (Barrier Reef) Original Research Article
Pages 475-502
Francis Rougerie, Renaud Fichez, Pascale Déjardin

Chapter 16 Geology and hydrogeology of the Cook Islands Original Research Article
Pages 503-535
James R. Hein, Sarah C. Gray, Bruce M. Richmond

Chapter 17 Geology and hydrogeology of Niue Original Research Article
Pages 537-564
Christopher Wheeler, Paul Aharon

Chapter 18 Hydrogeology of carbonate islands of the Kingdom of Tonga Original Research Article
Pages 565-576
Lindsay J. Furness

Chapter 19 Geology and hydrogeology of Tarawa and Christmas Island, Kiribati Original Research Article
Pages 577-610
A.C. Falkland, C.D. Woodroffe

Chapter 20 Hydrogeology of the Marshall Islands Original Research Article
Pages 611-636
Frank L. Peterson

Chapter 21 Geology of Anewetak Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands Original Research Article
Pages 637-666
Terrence M. Quinn, Arthur H. Saller

Chapter 22 Hydrogeology of Enewetak Atoll Original Research Article
Pages 667-692
Robert W. Buddemeier, June A. Oberdorfer

Chapter 23 Hydrogeology of selected islands of the Federated States of Micronesia Original Research Article
Pages 693-706
Stephen S. Anthony

Chapter 24 Geology and hydrogeology of Nauru Island Original Research Article
Pages 707-742
Gerry Jacobson, Peter J. Hill, Fereidoun Ghassemi

Chapter 25 Hydrogeology of northern Guam Original Research Article
Pages 743-761
John F. Mink, H.L. Vacher

Chapter 26 Hydrogeology of carbonate islands of Fiji Original Research Article
Pages 763-781
J. Ferry, P.B. Kumar, J. Bronders, J. Lewis

Chapter 27 Geology and hydrogeology of Rottnest island, western Australia Original Research Article
Pages 783-810
Phillip E. Playford

Chapter 28 Geology of the Houtman Abrolhos islands Original Research Article
Pages 811-833
Lindsay B. Collins, Zhong Rong Zhu, Karl-Heinz Wyrwoll

Chapter 29 Geology of reef islands of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia Original Research Article
Pages 835-866
David Hopley

Chapter 30 Hydrogeology of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia Original Research Article
Pages 867-884
Delton Chen, André Krol

Chapter 31 Geology and hydrogeology of the Cocos (Keeling) islands Original Research Article
Pages 885-908
C.D. Woodroffe, A.C. Falkland

Chapter 32 Hydrogeology of Diego Garcia Original Research Article
Pages 909-931
Charles D. Hunt

Subject Index
Pages 933-948