Bahama Banks
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The Bahama Banks are extensive, shallow carbonate platforms in the western Atlantic Ocean that form much of the submerged foundation of the Bahamas archipelago.
Aliases (2)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
carbonate platform
→
shallow marine platform → submerged bank → |
| adjacentTo |
Cuba
→
Florida Peninsula → |
| age |
Mesozoic to Cenozoic
→
|
| borderedBy |
Atlantic abyssal plain
→
Exuma Sound → Northwest Providence Channel → Straits of Florida → Tongue of the Ocean → |
| climateZone |
tropical
→
|
| composition |
carbonate sediments
→
|
| country |
Bahamas
→
|
| dominantLithology |
dolostone
→
limestone → |
| economicActivity |
fisheries
→
marine transportation → tourism → |
| environment |
tropical marine
→
|
| featureOf |
Bahamas Platform
→
|
| formationProcess |
biogenic carbonate production
→
carbonate platform growth → |
| geologicalSetting |
Atlantic passive margin
→
|
| hasPart |
Cay Sal Bank
→
Exuma Sound margins → Great Bahama Bank → Joulter Cays Bank → Little Bahama Bank → |
| knownFor |
clear shallow waters
→
extensive coral reefs → white carbonate sands → |
| locatedIn |
Bahamas
→
western Atlantic Ocean → |
| oceanCurrentInfluence |
Antilles Current
→
Gulf Stream → |
| partOf |
Bahamas archipelago
→
|
| researchField |
carbonate sedimentology
→
marine geology → oceanography → |
| salinity |
normal marine
→
|
| sedimentaryProcess |
carbonate mud production
→
storm reworking → tidal deposition → |
| supportsEcosystem |
coral reef ecosystem
→
mangrove fringes → seagrass meadows → |
| tectonicOrigin |
rifted continental margin
→
|
| waterDepth |
shallow
→
|
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Bahama Banks
("Great Bahama Bank")
→
Bahama Banks ("Little Bahama Bank") → |
hasPart |
|
Straits of Florida
→
|
borderedBy |