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439 Index 3-D seismic technology, advantages, 210–211 accordion morphology, west Florida slope, 130f, 136 Acesta bullisi, 260–261 Acropora spp., 302, 322, 346, 348 aggradation process basin evolution, 38, 41, 46 Florida continental slope, 131, 132f, 135–136, 137 Florida coral reefs, 320–323, 324 Louisiana coastal plain, 178 Alabama shelf. See Mississippi-Alabama shelf Alacrán Reef, 347, 348–349 Alafia River, 73–74 Anclote Island, 96 Apalachicola River, 105, 106f Apalochicola Embayment, 21 Appalachian Mountains, 19, 25 aquifer systems, Florida, 18, 22, 23, 27–28 Atchafalaya River delta complex, 179, 183, 198 Atlantic Ocean, fracture zones, 5–8 Atlantis Fracture Zone, 6–8 Atwater Valley, 254, 255 Austin strata, 42, 234 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), 212 Baffin Bay, 196 Bagdad Beach, 293 Balize delta complex, 179 barite, 210, 221 barrier-inlet systems, Florida, 89–97, 104, 109f, 110–114 barrier islands Florida, 89–97, 104, 109f, 110–114 Louisiana coastal zone, 175 Mexican littoral zone, 292–293 Mississippi River delta plain, 178, 181–182 Texas coastal zone, 195–196, 199–200, 203, 205–206 basement structures basin evolution, 4, 11, 14, 33–35 northern continental shelf, 212f Yucatan Peninsula, 280, 285–286 basement structures, Florida continental shelf, 103, 332, 334 continental slope, 131f estuaries, 80f, 113f Florida Platform, 17, 20, 300 Middle Ground reef complex, 335, 336f beach nourishment, 92–93, 95, 188 Beggiatoa sp., 217, 218, 219f, 221, 222f, 256, 257f benthic communities Mexican littoral zone, 283–284, 293–294 Middle Ground reef complex, 335 See also chemosynthetic communities; coral reefs entries; foraminifera entries Big Bend area, Florida, 26, 89, 96–97, 109f, 110 Big Rock, composition, 168 biotic communities. See benthic communities; chemosynthetic communities; coral reefs entries; foraminifera entries Blake Spur Magnetic Anomaly, 5 Blanquilla Reef, 341–342, 346, 348 Blind Pass, sediment problems, 91f Boca Ciega Bay, 73, 83, 91, 92f Boca Grande Channel, sediment transport, 323 Bone Valley Formation, 77, 241 bottom currents, Mississippi Fan, 149–150 Bouguer gravity gradients, Chicxulub impact crater, 5, 287f branch corals, 301, 305 Brazos River, 198–200, 201–204, 282 brine seeps, Florida continental slope, 134, 136 Bryant Fan, sediment origins, 142 Buckner Formation, deposit cycles, 39–40 Buliminella morgani, 382 Bulletin 89, update history, xi–xiv Bullwinkle field, discovery, 236 440 ~ Index Bush Hill, 222–223, 249, 254, 256f, 360 Byars, Carlos, 280, 282 Callogorgia american delta, 360 Caloosahatchee Formation, 77 Caloosahatchee River, 74, 81 Camargo, Antonio, 280, 282 Campanche Bank reefs, 341–349 Campeche Escarpment, 142 Campeche Knolls, gas hydrates, 254 Campeche state, littoral zone, 293 Campechito Beach, 293 Cape Romano, 93, 94f Cape San Blas, 105, 106f, 107 Cape St. George, 105, 106f, 107 carbonate deposition. See specific topics, e.g., Chicxulub crater; continental shelf entries; coral reef entries Carysfort Reef, 316–317 causeway construction, 91, 95 Cayo Arcas reef complex, 347–348 Cedar Keys Formation, 22 Cenomanian strata, petroleum resources, 233, 234 cenote ring, Chicxulub impact crater, 286–288 Cenozoic Era basin evolution, 6, 34–37, 38, 42f, 43–45, 177, 248 energy source rocks, 231, 234–235, 237f, 240 See also Neogene Period; Paleogene Period Cenozoic Era, Florida continental shelf, 103 continental slope, 131–133 Florida Platform, 18, 19, 20, 22–28, 300 Middle Ground reef complex, 332–340 Central Atlantic Magnetic Province, 5, 8 Chance, John, 211, 212 Chandeleur Island chain, 166, 169 Chapopote volcanism, 254 Charley, Hurricane, 95, 101 Charlotte Harbor estuary overview, 73, 83–84 climate, 75 demographics, 75–76 geologic structure, 74, 76–78, 79, 111 oceanography, 75 physical setting, 73–74, 76f surface sediment distribution, 81, 82f chemosynthetic communities, gas hydrates, 256–257, 259–261, 264, 358, 360 chenier plain, Louisiana, 178, 182–183 chert, Florida Platform, 23 Chicxulub impact crater borehole evidence, 280, 282, 283–286 cenote ring, 286–288 discovery of, 279–282 Florida Platform, 22 regional hydrogeology, 283–286 Chopas Reef, 346 Clearwater Beach Island, 96 climate fluctuations Florida Gulf, 80–81, 133 gas hydrate contribution, 262–263 See also foraminifera, climate records coal-bed gas, 230f, 238–240 coal resources, 230f, 231f, 238–240 Cockfield Formation, 43 Cognac field, 236 cold-seep communities, 260–261 Colorado-Brazos Delta, 197, 198–200, 201–204 Colorado River, 198 Colpophyllia natans, 300–301 Conecuh Embayment, 21 continental shelf Louisiana coastal zone, 177–183, 196–197, 200, 202–206, 248f, 381–388 Texas coastal zone, 196–197, 202–206 continental shelf, Florida overview, 101–103, 121–122 Middle Ground reef complex, 331–340 panhandle structure, 105–107, 108f peninsula structure, 107, 109–120 research history summarized...

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