- Usage in publication:
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- Aguadilla limestone
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- Incidental mention
- Dominant lithology:
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- Limestone
Summary:
Pg. 214 (chart). Aguadilla limestone shown on correlation chart as subdivision of Arecibo formation above Lares limestone and below Quebradillas limestone. Age is Oligocene.
Maury later (Sci., v. 70, no. 1825, p. 609, 1919) changed age to early Miocene.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 27).
- Usage in publication:
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- Aguadilla limestone
- Modifications:
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- Not used
Weaver, J.D., 1956, [Title unknown]: Lexique Stratigraphique International, p. 315., Prepared by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Paris), International Geological Congress, Commission on Stratigraphy
Summary:
Aguadilla limestone in Arecibo formation. Not distinguished in field and of doubtful stratigraphic value. Age is early Miocene.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 27).
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