UNDERWATER DISSOLUTIONAL PITTING ON DOLOSTONES, LAKE HURON-GEORGIAN BAY, ONTARIO

This paper examines underwater dissolutional pitting along the dolomitic shorelines of the Bruce Peninsula around Tobermory, Ontario. Research was conducted from the modern spray and swash zone to depths of 25 m at four sites: Little Cove, Big Tub, Marr Lake, and Cove Island. The morphology of sample pits was measured, rock samples were collected, and comprehensive water analyses were completed. The most striking result to emerge from this work …