Bahamas Platform

E169828

The Bahamas Platform is a vast carbonate geological structure underlying and surrounding the Bahama Banks, forming the foundation of the region’s shallow marine environments.

All labels observed (3)

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Bahama Platform 1
Bahamas Platform canonical 1
Bahamas platform 1

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf carbonate platform ⓘ
geological structure ⓘ
sedimentary basin feature ⓘ
ageRange Mesozoic to Cenozoic ⓘ
associatedWith Bahamas archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Lucayan Archipelago
boundedBy steep carbonate escarpments ⓘ
climateSensitivity ocean chemistry changes ⓘ
sea-level fluctuations ⓘ
composedPrimarilyOf dolostone ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
contains lagoonal sediments ⓘ
reefal buildups ⓘ
slope carbonates ⓘ
tidal flat deposits ⓘ
countryTerritory Bahamas ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment carbonate shelf ⓘ
shallow marine ⓘ
dominantLithology carbonate sediments ⓘ
economicRelevance groundwater reservoir analogue ⓘ
hydrocarbon system analogue ⓘ
geologicalSetting passive continental margin ⓘ
influences development of Bahamian shallow banks ⓘ
regional bathymetry of the Bahamas ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
northern Caribbean region ⓘ
originProcess carbonate sedimentation ⓘ
researchImportance model for carbonate platform evolution ⓘ
natural laboratory for sea-level change studies ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline carbonate sedimentology ⓘ
sedimentary geology ⓘ
sequence stratigraphy ⓘ
supports diverse marine habitats ⓘ
modern coral reef ecosystems ⓘ
seagrass meadows ⓘ
tectonicSetting intraplate ⓘ
underlies Bahama Banks ⓘ
Great Bahama Bank ⓘ
linked to: Bahama Banks

Little Bahama Bank ⓘ
linked to: Bahama Banks

Tongue of the Ocean margins ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bahama Banks → featureOf → Bahamas Platform ⓘ
Tongue of the Ocean margins → partOf → Bahamas platform ⓘ
linked to: Bahamas Platform
Great Bahama Canyon system → partOf → Bahama Platform ⓘ
linked to: Bahamas Platform