Focus on Sedimentary Environments

Modern subtropical carbonate beach

Sombrero Beach, Marathon, Florida Keys, USA

the beach	wave action	beach sediment	shells	resin mount	thin sections

Sombrero Beach is a popular beach for tourists and locals. The beach itself shows a range of sediment from fine carbonate sand to gravel. Pleistocene limestone bedrock is exposed as a rock platform, and shows karstic features. Just offshore, sea grass beds alternate with zones of mobile sand.

Links

• Sombrero beach - part of a virtual field trip to the Florida Keys
• Curry Hammock State Park (site under construction)
• Crane Point Hammock Museums and Nature Center
  

The following non-geological web site gives a good impression of the location and geography:

• Crane Point Hammock (tourist information)

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