RT Journal Article
T1 Desarrollo de calcretas en cavidades cársticas y/o de raíces: Las calcretas Cuaternarias de la Isla Gran Cayman
T1 Calcrete development ¡n root/karstíc cavities: Quaternary calcretes from Grand Cayman Island
A1 Alonso Zarza, Ana María
A1 Jones, B.
AB The rugged karst terrain that is developed on the dolostones of the Miocene Cayman Formation on Grand Cayman includes numerous large cavities that formed through the activity of tree roots. The surfaces of those cavities are coated with laminated calcrete crusts that are up to 8 cm thick. These calcrete crusts, which are formed of calcite, dolomite, and locally manganese precipitates, formed though the action of the plant roots and their associated microbes. As such, they are excellent examples of non-horizontal calcrete crusts that developed in the shallow subsurface rather that on the subaerially exposed surface
PB Sociedad Geológica de España
YR 1996
FD 1996
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/11831
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/11831
LA spa
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 30 may 2026