(Left) Satellite imagery taken the day after hurricanes passed Bermuda showing surface sediment plumes. The inset shows a typical non-hurricane disturbed satellite image of the Bermuda Platform. In the image, the platform rim is revealed by the distinct change in water color from cyan, corresponding to water rich in resuspended platform sediments, to dark blue. (Images from NASA MODIS) (Right) Microscopic images of particles collected by the Oceanic Flux Program (OFP) sediment traps during after Fabian at 1500 m depth (left) and after Igor at 500 m depth. These images show the dominance of platform reef-sourced carbonate debris in the hurricane-induced sediment plumes that were advected offshore.

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