Everything about The Cariaco Basin totally explained
The
Cariaco Basin lies off the north central coast of
Venezuela and forms the
Gulf of Cariaco. It is bounded on the east by
Margarita Island, Cubagua Island, and the Araya Peninsula; on the north by
Tortuga and the
Tortuga Banks; on the west by Cape Codera and the rocks known as Farallón Centinela; and on the south by the coast of Venezuela.
It is a naturally occurring
anoxic basin where the sediments are deposited without oxygen, thus preserving organic matter which would otherwise be converted by bacteria. The Cariaco Basin is a natural sediment trap, and the
varves record how much organic matter is produced in the overlying waters year by year. Because it's one of the largest anoxic basins in the world, it's the subject of much paleoclimatological, chemical oceanographic, and biological research.
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