Banana holes are a common karst feature of The Bahamas and several theories have been
presented to explain their origin. The current model for banana hole formation places their …

Banana holes are karst depressions that have primarily been reported from strandplains
within the Bahamian archipelago. Banana holes have been hypothesized to form by …

Banana holes are circular to oval voids with diameters ranging from 2 meters to more than
10 meters, and with depths up to 5 meters, which are found throughout the Bahamas. They …

The exposed carbonates of the Bahamas consist of late Quaternary limestones that were
deposited during glacio-eustatic highstands of sea level. Each highstand event produced …

By 1725, mariners from England had described submarine cave entrances in the Bahamas
as “blue holes,” and in 1843, the term “blue hole” first appears on sea charts from the …

The most salient geological features observed during a recent reconnaissance trip to
Crooked Island, SE Bahamas, include:(1) altered bioclastic calcarenites of probable Early …

Banana holes are common karst features found within Pleistocene strandplains of San
Salvador Island and throughout The Bahamas. Banana holes are typically meters to tens of …

Bahamian caves formed mostly by dissolution resulting from mixing of fresh and saline
waters at the margin of an island ground-water lens have been defined as “flank margin …

Abaco Island, located on Little Bahama Bank, is the most northeastern island in the
Bahamian archipelago. Abaco exhibits typical carbonate island karst features such as …

Abaco Island is located on Little Bahama Bank at the northwestern extent of the Bahamian
Archipelago. Karst features on Abaco include: flank margin caves, karren, blue holes, pit …