Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 166 cored a transect of holes through the prograding carbonate sequences that form the western slope of the Great Bahama Bank, with the aim of detailing the relationship between the sequences and changes in sea-level over the last 25 Ma. A total of 1200 m of FMS resistivity images from Site 1003 (lower slope) and Site 1005 (mid-slope) were divided into three image facies types, with the aid of calibration against the recovered core. Type 1 was conductive (poorly cemented) sediment dominated by pelagic components, Type 2 was resistive (well cemented) sediment dominated by platform (neritic) components, and Type 3 was highly resistive (very well cemented) sediment, usually calciturbidites but occasionally hardgrounds. Much of the section is composed of metre-scale alternations between Type 1 and Type 2 sediment. We have used the cycle thicknesses in the Middle Miocene to obtain a sedimentation rate curve and to refine the biostratigraphy. The cyclicity is modulated by the precessional astronomical cycle. The FMS images were used to evaluate the lithostratigraphic position and significance of prominent isolated uranium peaks. The peaks tend to occur just below the tops of calci-turbidite-rich units, sometimes coincident with sequence boundaries and maximum flooding surfaces.

West: -79.2800 East: -79.0300 North: 24.3500 South: 23.3000

Expedition: 166

Site: 166-1003

Site: 166-1004

Site: 166-1005

Site: 166-1006

Site: 166-1007

Site: 166-1008

Site: 166-1009

Provider: SEDIS Publication Catalogue

Data set link: http://sedis.iodp.org/pub-catalogue/index.php?id=2000-013879 (c.f. for more detailed metadata)

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