Virtual Field Trip to the Florida Keys

Upper Keys: Location 6 - Windley Key


Windley Key Fossil Reef State Geological Site.


Corals in quarry

This cross section through large coral heads shows the radiating structure of the corallites.

Scale: small divisions on left of scale are centimetres.

question mark button What form do these coral colonies show? What does this tell us about the environmental conditions on this part of the reef?  

 


Last updated: 4 April, 2002 20:58