Virtual Field Trip to the Florida Keys

Upper Keys: Location 6 - Windley Key

Windley Key Fossil Reef State Geological Site.

A section seen in the quarry walls. On the right are in situ columnar coral colonies. The space between the colonies, and all of the left-hand side of the picture, is made up of gravel-sized material derived from the reef. Move the cursor over the image to see where the corals and the rubble are.

Scale: small divisions on left of scale are in centimetres.

What rock types are seen here, in terms of the Dunham classification, as extended by Embry and Klovan? There are two main ones: identify them, then click the button to the left.