Late Oligocene to Pliocene evolution of the central portion of the South Florida Platform: Mixing of siliciclastic and carbonate sediments

• Main Author: Missimer, Thomas Michael
• Other Authors: Robert N. Ginsburg - Committee Chair
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholarly Repository 1997
• Subjects: Geology; Ramp The; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/dissertations/95

Synchronous deposition of carbonate and siliciclastic sediments occurred on the South Florida Platform during the late Oligocene to early Pliocene, produced a large number of complex mixed carbonate/siliciclastic lithologies, some perhaps unique to the region. All 14 defined subfacies contain a mix...