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The stratigraphy of Barbuda, West Indies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

M. D. Brasier  and
J. D. Mather
M. D. Brasier
Affiliation:
Geology Department, The University, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX
J. D. Mather
Affiliation:
Hydrogeology Department, Institute of Geological Sciences, Exhibition Road, London S.W.7
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Summary

The geology of Barbuda, a low-lying island in the Lesser Antilles, is reexamined and the stratigraphy is revised. The oldest rocks are limestones of the Highlands Formation, a Middle Miocene accumulation of fore-reef facies. This is overlain successively by the Pleistocene Beazer and Codrington Formations, limestone accumulations of reefal, lagoonal and dune facies. The Holocene Palmetto Point Formation is comprised of extensive beach ridge and dune limestones. From this, the Barbuda Bank (which includes Antigua) is considered to have had a geological history like the neighbouring Anguilla and Guadeloupe Banks.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 112 , Issue 3 , May 1975 , pp. 271 - 282
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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