Reinterpretation of the peninsular Florida oligocene: An integrated stratigraphic approach

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 108, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 207-228

  Brewster Wingard, G Lynn ^a   Scott, Thomas M ^b   Edwards, Lucy E ^a   Weedman, Suzanne D ^a   Simmons, Kathleen R ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Florida Geological Survey   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcadia formation; Hawthorn group; Oligocene; Peninsular Florida; Suwannee limestone

Indexed keywords

OLIGOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY;

USA, FLORIDA;

EID: 0030788240     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(96)00055-3     Document Type: Article

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