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Table 1. Stratigraphic units and lithologies.
Unit Lithologies
Tertiary
Middle Eocene
Tap Avon Park Formation limestone, dolostone
Upper Eocene
To Ocala Limestone limestone, dolostone
Lower Oligocene
Ts Suwannee Limestone limestone
Tsm Suwannee-Marianna Limestones Undif. limestone
Upper Oligocene to Middle Miocene
Tha Hawthorn Group, Arcadia Formation dolostone, limestone, sand, clay, phosphate
That Hawthorn Group, Tampa Member limestone, dolostone, sand, clay
Miocene
Tsmk St. Marks Formation limestone, sand
Tch Chattahoochee Formation dolostone, limestone, sand, clay,
Th Hawthorn Group dolostone, limestone, sand, clay, phosphate
Tht Hawthorn Group, Torreya Formation clay, sand, limestone
Ths Hawthorn Group, Statenville Formation dolostone, sand, clay, phosphate
Thc Hawthorn Group, Coosawhatchie Formation sand, clay limestone, dolostone, phosphate
Tab Alum Bluff Group clay, sand
Miocene-Pliocene
Thp Hawthorn Group, Peace River Formation sand, clay, dolostone, phosphate
Thpb Hawthorn Group, Peace River Formation, Bone Valley Member sand, clay, phosphate, dolostone
Thcc Hawthorn Group, Coosawhatchie Formation, Charlton Member clay, sand, limestone
Table 1 (Continued)
Tertiary/Quaternary
Unit Lithologies
Pliocene
Tt Tamiami Formation limestone, sand, clay
Tjb Jackson Bluff Formation clay, sand
Tic Intracoastal Formation limestone, sand, clay
Tmc Miccosukee Formation sand, clay
Tci Citronelle Formation sand, clay
Tc Cypresshead Formation sand, clay
TQuc Reworked Cypresshead Formation sand, clay
TQd Dunes sand
TQu Undifferentiated sediments sand, clay
TQsu Shell-bearing sediments shells, sand, clay
Quaternary
Pleistocene
Qtr Trail Ridge sands sand, heavy minerals
Qm Miami Limestone limestone, sand
Qk Key Largo Limestone limestone
Qa Anastasia Formation limestone, coquina, sand
Pleistocene/Holocene
Qu Undifferentiated sand, clay, organics
Qbd Beach Ridge and Dune sand
Qal Alluvium sand, clay, organics
Holocene
Qh Holocene sediments sand, clay, organics


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