Blue Beach Research Articles

Architecture of lacustrine deposits in response to early Carboniferous rifting and Gondwanan glaciation, Nova Scotia, south‐east Canada

AbstractUpper Palaeozoic lacustrine basin deposits not only record local tectonism but are also an archive to evaluate global palaeoclimate changes linked to the Late Palaeozoic Gondwanan ice age. The Tournaisian Horton Group of Nova Scotia, south‐east Canada, accumulated in rift basins following the final accretion of peri‐Gondwanan terranes to the Appalachians. Sedimentology, mineralogy and geochemistry of the well‐exposed sandstones and shales at the classic Blue Beach section (ca 353.5 to 352 Ma) reveal the interplay of local tectonism and global climatic controls on lacustrine sedimentation. The lacustrine depositional environment gradually transitioned from deep water offshore at the base of the section to wave‐dominated and fluvial‐dominated nearshore at the top. Multiple small transgressive–regressive sedimentation cycles have an average 21 ka duration, likely related to Milankovitch cyclicity. Unusually abundant soft‐sediment deformation structures and landslides are the sedimentary responses to frequent earthquakes during the most active phase of rift subsidence. The overall succession shows changes from a shallowing‐up balanced‐filled to an overfilled lacustrine basin. The chemical weathering intensity index and the Th/K ratio show a longer‐term trend from dry and cool conditions low in the section to humid and warm conditions near the top, with rapid change in the transition period. The section records the peak of the global mid‐Tournaisian carbon isotope excursion and the corresponding cooling event (354 Ma to approximately 351 Ma). The sedimentary succession is a response to long‐term and short‐term climatic cycles influencing lake level and sediment supply during the time of maximum rift basin subsidence recorded by the soft‐sediment deformation structures.

Strategi Pengembangan Pariwisata Halal Pantai Biru Kabupaten Bangkalan Dalam Meningkatkan Perekonomian Masyarakat Sekitar

he background to this research is that there are quite big challenges in Telaga Biru Village, Tanjung Bumi District, Bangkalan Regency, related to the unavailability of job opportunities for the young generation after completing high school (SMA). This also has an impact on other community groups, such as housewives and people who do not have jobs. This research aims to understand and identify strategies for developing halal tourism in Blue Beach, Bangkalan Regency, as well as the role of this tourist attraction in improving the economy of the surrounding community. There are two main aspects that are the focus of this research, namely the halal tourism development strategy and the role of the Blue Beach tourist attraction in the local economy. The method used in this research is qualitative through observation and in-depth interviews as well as audio recording activities which were also carried out at the interview stage to obtain additional information that may not have been recorded in detail in the field notes. The research results show that the Blue Beach Halal Tourism is very worthy of development because it is supported by attractiveness, accessibility, facilities, image and fairly good pricing. The development of halal tourism plays an important role in developing the economy of Telaga Biru village. This can be seen from the emergence of various types of businesses at tourist attraction locations, infrastructure improvements, the opening of new job opportunities, and an increase in the income of local communities.

IDENTIFIKASI KELAYAKAN FASILITAS RUANG BERMAIN RAMAH ANAK DI WISATA PANTAI BIRU

The government is committed to achieving the Subtainable Development Goal or SDG's targets, especially those related to child development at the Regency/City level. Protection of children in order to fulfill children's rights to grow and develop without discrimination, one of which is building child-friendly spaces as explained in Law No. 23 of 2001 Article 56 (1) concerning efforts to obtain children's play facilities by fulfilling health and safety requirements. Limited public facilities force people to be creative in managing the natural environment, one of which is in the beach tourism sector by paying attention to child-friendly play rooms. This study aims to analyze the implementation of child-friendly tourism programs at Blue Beach Tourism, Bangkalan Regency. The selection of the Blue Beach Tourism location is because it provides children's playgrounds and is dominated by children visitors. The study used a qualitative case study method with interview, documentation, and observation techniques. Based on the analysis results show that there is no exploitation and discrimination in the blue beach and blue beach tourism areas have adequate facilities by caring for and maintaining these tourist facilities.

FEASIBILITY STUDY OF BIRU BEACH MANAGEMENT

The tourism sector has an important role in increasing the economy in each region, therefore the government is given the right and authority to take advantage of the natural availability in the local area. The tourism industry, not only has an impact on regions but can also improve the Indonesian economy because income and the state increase. According to BPWS (Suramadu Tourism Development Agency), the island of Madura has an open opportunity as a tourism area. Madura has several advantages as a tourist destination, namely assuming the socio-cultural conditions of the Madra people, there are tourist objects of natural beauty that are quite interesting, have arts that are still growing and developing in society. Studies on the feasibility analysis of Blue Beach can assist in providing information regarding the feasibility of Blue Beach by analyzing management aspects. By analyzing one of these aspects, the feasibility of Blue Beach can be known and the results of this research will be beneficial to provide relevant information so that in the future the tourist area will be better and more focused and this area can be known more widely and attract local and outside tourists from Madura Island. . In this study, a qualitative research method was used, a descriptive approach.

Pemberdayaan Ekonomi Masyarakat Melalui Pengembangan Pariwisata Dalam Perspektif Ekonomi Islam (Studi Di Pantai Biru Kersik Kecamatan Marang Kayu)

Efforts to empower the community's economy in the tourism sector have been regulated and contained in Law No. 10 of 2009. One of the areas that are currently empowering and developing tourism potential is Marang Kayu District, located in Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan Province. One of the attractions owned by Marang Kayu District is Blue Beach Kersik which is located in Kersik Village. The development of the potentials that exist on the beach has received attention from the government as seen from the selection of Kersik Village as one of the Tourism Villages in Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan. Community economic empowerment through tourism villages is expected to be able to contribute to the economy, either directly or indirectly to the local community and in improving social life. Judging from the purpose of this study, namely to find out the model of community economic empowerment through tourism development at Blue Beach Kersik and to determine community economic empowerment through tourism development at Blue beach Kersik in an Islamic economic perspective.This type of research is a field research and a descriptive qualitative approach. Sources of data in this study using primary data, in this study data collection techniques through observation, interviews with the informant Head of Kersik Village, Tourism Awareness Group which collected three people, and business owners who opened seven people. With data analysis techniques, namely data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing.Based on the results of this study, it shows that the model of community economic empowerment through the development of Blue Beach Kersik tourism is seen from the form of empowerment through micro, small and medium enterprises. empowerment strategy by developing a creative economy and the use of social media, community participants and the government. The economic independence of the community comes from the use of the beach in Kersik Village so that it has an impact on the community's economy. from the view of Islamic Economics that community economic empowerment through tourism development at Blue Beach Kersik has been carried out in a good way so as to provide benefits and welfare for people's lives.

Locomotory behaviour of early tetrapods from Blue Beach, Nova Scotia, revealed by novel microanatomical analysis.

Evidence for terrestriality in early tetrapods is fundamentally contradictory. Fossil trackways attributed to early terrestrial tetrapods long predate the first body fossils from the Late Devonian. However, the Devonian body fossils demonstrate an obligatorily aquatic lifestyle. Complicating our understanding of the transition from water to land is a pronounced gap in the fossil record between the aquatic Devonian taxa and presumably terrestrial tetrapods from the later Early Carboniferous. Recent work suggests that an obligatorily aquatic habit persists much higher in the tetrapod tree than previously recognized. Here, we present independent microanatomical data of locomotor capability from the earliest Carboniferous of Blue Beach, Nova Scotia. The site preserves limb bones from taxa representative of Late Devonian to mid-Carboniferous faunas as well as a rich trackway record. Given that bone remodels in response to functional stresses including gravity and ground reaction forces, we analysed both the midshaft compactness profiles and trabecular anisotropy, the latter using a new whole bone approach. Our findings suggest that early tetrapods retained an aquatic lifestyle despite varied limb morphologies, prior to their emergence onto land. These results suggest that trackways attributed to early tetrapods be closely scrutinized for additional information regarding their creation conditions, and demand an expansion of sampling to better identify the first terrestrial tetrapods.

Hydro-morphological simulation for Blue beach, Gaza Strip, Palestine

Man-made improvements to the coastal areas can have a drastic short- and long-term impact on the sediment balance. This paper investigates the morphological changes at the Blue beach, Gaza Strip, Palestine. The Blue Beach resort is extremely deteriorated due to shoreline recession, where the width of the beach at some locations is less than 0.5 m. On the other side, the new recreational groin is unstable because it is not adequately designed to serve as a breakwater from a technical point of view. Firstly, this paper uses the integrated Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) with the Geographic Information System to detect changes in the coastline along the Blue Beach coast in Gaza during the 2011–2019 period. Shoreline change rates in the form of erosion and accretion patterns are automatically quantified by the End Point Rate. In addition, a proposed plan consists of two main stages to mitigate the current problems raised by severe erosion through numerical investigation; restoration of the existing beach by sand nourishment in addition to reducing the exposure of the coast to erosion and boost the protection of the recreational groin by implementing submerged offshore breakwaters. Hydro-morphological modeling is applied to study the processes of the coastal zone, hence, evaluating the diverse alternatives mentioned above. Delft3D software package is used to numerically simulate the different scenarios at different times: 1, 5, and 8 years, respectively. In addition, the existing structures are rehabilitated in accordance with current conditions. DSAS results show that during the period (2011–2019) there was a major recession to the shoreline with a peak erosion rate of -4.16 m/year. From the numerical modeling, it is concluded that the two submerged breakwaters managed to restore the beach by minimizing the amplitude of the wave and thus trapping the sediments behind it. In fact, the sediments grew offshore beyond the submerged breakwaters for the long term.

Strategi Pengembangan Wisata Pantai Biru dalam Upaya Menarik Kunjungan Wisatawan (Studi Kasus Desa Telaga Biru Kecamatan Tanjung Bumi Kabupaten Bangkalan)

Indonesia has a lot of potential tourist objects scattered throughout the region that can be relied on to become a tourist attraction that is able to attract local and foreign tourists. Bangkalan Regency has a very potential area in the tourism sector because it has many interesting tourist objects. Telaga Biru village has a very interesting tour, pristine nature, a calm and comfortable atmosphere, namely blue beach tourism. Blue beach tourism is always developing to increase tourist visits. Indicators of the success of a tourist attraction can be measured by the number of tourist visits. This research is a qualitative research, while the type of research used is a qualitative research with a descriptive approach. Data collection was carried out through research instruments in the form of interviews, observations, and documentation. Then check its validity using the triangulation technique. The results of this study are: 1. tourism development strategies in an effort to attract tourist visits, in developing tourism by adding tourist attractions such as photo spots, swimming pools, water bikes, plastic flower trees, flower tunnels, and fish therapy, air bicycles, and air balloon. The promotions used are through social media, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and websites. 2. Factors that support the development of blue beach tourism, namely, natural resources, good security, a comfortable atmosphere, the role of social media, a supportive community. While the inhibiting factors for the development strategy are, internal factors have not been well organized with tourism potential as well as facilities and infrastructure, while external factors are the lack of road access for bus vehicles because this tour is located in community settlements, and also there is no budget from the government.

New Crassigyrinus-like fibula from the Tournaisian (earliest Carboniferous) of Nova Scotia

The transition between the Devonian and Carboniferous is important for tetrapod vertebrates. By the end of the Devonian the first limbs are present in aquatic animals, and by the mid Carboniferous fully terrestrial tetrapods have diversified. Knowledge of the fin-to-limb transition is sparse because few fossils from the earliest Carboniferous (Tournaisian) are known. Blue Beach Nova Scotia, in addition to a small number of sites in Scotland and Australia, is an exception to this global trend. Previous reports from Blue Beach identified fossils from a variety of Devonian-like and Carboniferous-like tetrapod body forms, making it a valuable site for studying the fin-to-limb transition. Here we report on a new left fibula from Blue Beach, which we attribute to the later occurring Visean-aged (early Carboniferous) Crassigyrinidae. Recent investigations of deposits in Scotland, similar in age to the Tournaisian exposed at Blue Beach, have found Crassigyrinus-like elements as well, reinforcing this 20-million-year lineage extension.

A primitive actinopterygian braincase from the Tournaisian of Nova Scotia.

The vertebrate fossil record of the earliest Carboniferous is notoriously poorly sampled, obscuring a critical interval in vertebrate evolution and diversity. Recent studies of diversity across the Devonian–Carboniferous boundary have proposed a vertebrate mass extinction at the end-Devonian, and recent phylogenies suggest that the origin of the actinopterygian crown may have occurred in the earliest Carboniferous, as part of a broader recovery fauna. However, the data necessary to test this are limited. Here, we describe a partial actinopterygian skull, including diagnostic elements of the posterior braincase, from the Tournaisian Horton Bluff Formation of Blue Beach, Nova Scotia. The braincase surprisingly shows a confluence of characters common in Devonian taxa but absent in Mississippian forms, such as an open spiracular groove; lateral dorsal aortae that pass through open broadly separated, parallel grooves in the ventral otoccipital region, posterior to the articulation of the first infrapharyngobranchial and an intertemporal–supratemporal complex. Phylogenetic analysis places it deep within the actinopterygian stem, among Devonian moythomasiids and mimiids, suggesting more phylogenetically inclusive survivorship of stem group actinopterygians across the end-Devonian mass extinction. With a high lineage survivorship in tetrapods and lungfish across the Devonian–Carboniferous boundary and high vertebrate diversity at Tournaisian localities, this hints at a more gradual turnover between Devonian and Carboniferous vertebrate faunas.

The earliest paleolimulid and its attributed ichnofossils from the Lower Mississippian (Tournaisian) Horton Bluff Formation of Blue Beach, Nova Scotia, Canada

The earliest paleolimulid and its attributed ichnofossils from the Lower Mississippian (Tournaisian) Horton Bluff Formation of Blue Beach, Nova Scotia, Canada

A Diverse Tetrapod Fauna at the Base of 'Romer's Gap'

The lack of fossil tetrapod bearing deposits in the earliest Carboniferous (‘Romer’s Gap’) has provoked some recent discussions regarding the proximal cause, with three explanations being offered: environmental, taphonomic, and collection failure. One of the few, and earliest, windows into this time is the locality of Blue Beach exposed in the Tournaisian deposits at Horton Bluff lying along the Avon River near Hantsport, Nova Scotia, Canada. This locality has long been known but, because the fossils were deposited in high energy settings they are almost always disarticulated, so the fauna has not been described in detail. Recent intensive collection has revealed a diverse assemblage of material, including for the first time associated elements, which permits an evaluation of the faunal constituents at the locality. Although not diagnosable to a fine taxonomic level, sufficient apomorphies are present to identify representatives from numerous clades known from more complete specimens elsewhere. The evidence suggests a diverse fauna was present, including whatcheeriids and embolomeres. A single humerus previously had been attributed to a colosteid, but there is some uncertainty with this identification. Additional elements suggest the presence of taxa otherwise only known from the late Devonian. Depositional biases at the locality favor tetrapod fossils from larger individuals, but indirect evidence from trackways and tantalizing isolated bones evidences the presence of small taxa that remain to be discovered. The fossils from Blue Beach demonstrate that when windows into the fauna of ‘Romer’s Gap’ are found a rich diversity of tetrapods will be shown to be present, contra arguments that suggested this hiatus in the fossil record was due to extrinsic factors such as atmospheric oxygen levels. They also show that the early tetrapod fauna is not easily divisible into Devonian and Carboniferous faunas, suggesting that some tetrapods passed through the end Devonian extinction event unaffected.

Eochelysipus horni, a new vertebrate trace fossil from the Tournaisian Horton Bluff Formation, Nova Scotia

A new vertebrate trackway is described from the coastal-marine sequence at Blue Beach and Horton Bluff, Nova Scotia. Eochelysipus horni ichnogen. et ichnosp. nov., features a wide trackway, low pace angle, elongate anteriorly oriented digital scrape marks, hands slightly interior to the trackway, and five-toed hind limbs. It is probably that of a parareptile and a close ancestral form to turtles; the trackway was impressed on firm mud. Present nearby at the same stratigraphic level is a topotype of Peratodactylopus bishopi ichnogen. et ichnosp. nov., a trackway of a captorhinomorph reptile discovered here in 1974. Elsewhere at Blue Beach a large enigmatic trackway (Baropezia ichnosp.?) attests to the wide range of tetrapod morphologies present in these Tournaisian sediments. The assemblage of fossils, palaeoichnological and osteological alike, highlight the importance of this locality for revealing details of Earth's early air breathing community at the Devonian-Mississippian transition.

Green Troops on a Blue Beach

Green Troops on a Blue Beach