Sanctuary Islands in a Hostile Matrix: The Perception, Representation, and Protection of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico
The Flower Garden Banks (FGBs), located in the Gulf of Mexico due south of the Texas-Louisiana border, are protrusive, ocean-floor diapirs. These features, which occur widely around the Gulf’s coastal plains and continental shelf, are caused by dome-shaped extrusions of salt deposits into the strata...
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| Language: | English |
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Island Studies Journal
2019-11-01
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| Series: | Island Studies Journal |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.89 |