The Grizzly, October 14, 2010

Coming Out Weekend Met with High Emotions • Goucher College Assesses Ursinus for Teagle Grant • Ursinus Students Get a Little Cuckoo in Preparation for Play • Plans for Strassburger Commons Underway • Guest Choreographer Dances Onto the Ursinus Campus • Faculty Member Cathy Young Receives Puffin Grant • Not All Sports are Created Equal • Ursinus Play Review • Chalking on Campus Brings Good Vibes • Japan\u27s Concession Signals Chinese Dominance • Ursinus Says Goodbye to SATs • Football Remains Undefeated Behind Quarterback • Gymnastics Kicks Off Pre-Seasonhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1821/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, October 7, 2010

Career Services Recognized as LGBTQA Certified • Berman Museum Celebrates Community within Collegeville • Residents of Reimert Hall Collect Can Tabs for Troops • UC Goes Pink \u2710 • Novak\u27s Art Exhibit Shares History of Baseball • CAB October Preview • Ursinus Dance Group Knows How to Move It • Seeking Tenure: Professor Gregory Scranton, MCS • School Spirit with Mucus • Sounding Off on UC Ginkgo Trees • Men\u27s Lacrosse Joins in the Fight Against Cancerhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1820/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, November 18, 2010

B\u27Naturals Sing Their Way to Success • Mellon Teaching and Learning Initiative Introduced to Ursinus • Ursinus College Facilities Continues to Shape Campus • Seismic Step Team Holds Fundraiser • Open Mic Night • Ursinus Students Take a STAND for Justice • Merchant of Venice • UCARE Promotes Wismer on Wheels • Fight the Yawn With Up \u27Til Dawn • An Empire of Dirt • Internship Profile: Maggie Stauffer • Opinions: UC Should Remain a Wet Campus; Ursinus Should Become a Dry Campus; U.S. and India Look to Strengthen International Ties • Football Clinches Three-Way Tie for C.C. Titlehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1825/thumbnail.jp

Controlling Parameters on Facies Geometries of the Bahamas, an Isolated Carbonate Platform Environment

The Bahamas are among the most extensively studied carbonate regions in the world, and a number of phenomena typical of calcareous environments have been first observed in the Bahamas. Early geological research in the Bahamas was undertaken by Nelson (1853B) who surveyed their geography and topography. He noticed the “remarkable lowness of profile” and the dynamics of construction and destruction of the islands, outlined the biota and lithologies, described the formation of the carbonate rocks, and noticed the eolian origin of many Bahamian islands. Forty years later, the examination of modern carbonate environments rapidly progressed with the expedition of L. and A. Agassiz in 1893 (Agassiz 1894). Their explorations focused mainly on the fringing reefs of GE Great Bahama Bank. Research on abiotic carbonate components followed, by Vaughan (1914) who emphasized that carbonate constituents can originate from both skeletal secretion and chemical precipitation, and introduced the terms “organic” and “inorganic” limestones. Black (1933) first characterized the sedimentary facies on Great Bahama Bank and noted the significance of the widespread aragonitic mud. The sand-sized calcareous components of the Bahamas and their origin, including ooid sands, were described in detail in the classic papers by Illing (1954) and Newell et al. (1960)