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1977). During the Holocene flooding of of the the Little Bahama Bank, some transgressive sand bodies were drowned transformed into vegetated relicts because they and transformed were not able to keep pace with rising sea level (Hine, 1977). 1977). We have not seen any documentation of of the lowstand and transgressive succession of of lithofacies in andent ancient rimmed rimmed shelf shelf margins, but a hYJXlthetical hypothetical example is offered in Figure Figure 14. 14. , 1988). 1988). During During this interval of of time, shallow-marine sedimen­ sedimentation rates commonly exceed subsidence and the aggradato deposition of aggrada­ ead i ng 10 deposilion of eustatic rise, thus lleading tional tional to progradational shelf, shelf-edge, shelf-edge, and slope 1988).

N shelf, shelf-edge, shelf-edge, and basinal environ­ 94. Idealized Idealized vertical succession of sequence bounding facies facies iin environments under humid and arid climates. No scale intended. , 1987). 1987)- Whatever Whatever the triggering triggering mechanism, mechanism, it it must on the the sediment sediment mass must either either increase increase the stress stress on to the point of failure, or decrease the sediment to the west Florida Platform, P Pedro d r o Bank, and in various various Bank, of the the Bahamas, Bahamas, suggests suggests catastrophic catastrophic failure failure of of parts of platform margins.

Sediment. Failure is not con­ cnnslope s t r a i n 4 by by relative sea-level sea-level p position. happen strained osi tion. IItt may happen during any sea-levell sta stand, provided dur i ng an y sea-leve nd p rOVided that sediments are poised for for gravity gravity failure and trigger triggering mechaare i ng mecha­ are available. available. T Tectonic activity seismicity nisms are ectonic act ivity and seismicity are probably probably iimportant, a s su suggested are mportant as ggested by Hine and (1991).

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