Geography Formation of Paget Marsh
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- HOW LONG DID IT TAKE BERMUDA’S ORIGINAL SAND DUNES TO FORM ROCK
- IT TOOK 40,000 YEARS
- WHY DID PAGET MARSH INITIALLY CONTAIN SALTWATER
- BECAUSE SALT WATER USE TO FLOW THROUGH CAVE FORMATIONS AND THEN PEAT PILED UP AND BLOCKED THE CAVE FORMATIONS SO SALT WATER CAN NO LONGER FLOW THROUGH.
- WHAT FORMED THE PEAT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MARSH?
- WHEN PLANTS FALL OF THE TREE AND BUSHES AND FALL INTO THE MARSH THEY PILE UP BECAUSE THERE IS NO OXYGEN MAKING IT HARD FOR THE PLANTS TO GROW AND REPRODUCE THEMSELVES.
- HOW DID THE BUILD-UP OF PEAT AFFECT THE HABITAT OF THE MARSH
- THE PEAT BUILT UP AND BLOCKED THE CAVES TUNNELS THAT WERE ALLOWING SALT WATER TO FLOW THROUGH. WITH NO SALT WATER COMING INTO THE MARSH ONLY RAIN WATER IS THE WATER SUPPLY THAT BEING FRESH MAKING THE MARSH A FRESH WATER ENVIRONMENT
- HOW DEEP IS THE PEAT IN THE MARSH
- THE PEAT RANGES FORM 40-20 FT. DEEP AND IN SOME PARTS IT IS ABOUT 40 FT. DEEP.
- WHAT TYPE OF HABITAT WOULD YOU EXPECT TO SEE WHERE THE PEAT HAS NOT YET REACHED THE SURFACE OF THE WATER
- AN OPEN WATER POND HABITAT
- WHAT TYPE OF HABITAT WOULD YOU EXPECT TO SEE WHERE THE PEAT HAS ACCUMULATED ABOVE THE WATER LEVEL
- A CEDAR- PALMETTO FOREST HABITAT