Pg. 192 (table 1). Bee Branch limestone member of Caloosahatchee marl. Table shows Bee Branch limestone as middle member of Caloosahatchee; underlies Ayers Landing member (new); overlies Fort Denaud member (new). [Age is Pleistocene.]
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 269).
Pg. 136 (fig. 4), 143-144. Bee Branch limestone member of Caloosahatchee marl. Relatively hard solution-riddled marine limestone or marl unit. Consists of two principal facies, one of which, represented at type locality, is a massive hard calcareous ledge-forming bed; the other is softer, less consolidated, more arenaceous, and more distinctly concretionary. Thickness a few inches to about 5 feet; averages 2.5 feet. Conformably overlies Fort Denaud member; conformably underlies the Ayers Landing member. Where erosion has been extensive, overlying beds may belong to either Fort Thompson or Pamlico formation, and contact is unconformable. [Age is Pleistocene.]
Type locality: along Caloosahatchee River near its confluence with tributary called Bee Branch, Hendry Co., southern FL.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 269).
Pg. 41 (fig. 7), 58-61. Bee Branch member of Caloosahatchee marl. Relatively hard solution-riddled marine limestone or marl unit of the Caloosahatchee marl. Overlies brackish-water marl (lower Caloosahatchee beds); underlies upper shell bed (upper Caloosahatchee shell bed). [Report does not use either Fort Denaud member or Ayers Landing marl member.] Age is Pleistocene.
Source: Publication; US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 269).
Age of the Bee Branch Member of the Caloosahatchee Formation in southern FL shown as early or middle Pleistocene, deposition having occurred more than 400,000 years ago.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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