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General Features

The materials penetrated by the test wells range in age from late Miocene through Recent; the oldest formation is the Tamiami formation of late Miocene age. Organic soils are still being formed in parts of the Everglades area. The Miami oolite of Pleistocene age occurs as a thin discontinuous veneer near the south end of the line but apparently was not penetrated by any of the wells. The late Miocene to Recent geologic formations in the area of the report are listed in the table below.