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Geologic Unit: Golden Gate
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Golden Gate Reef Member
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Florida platform
Publication:

Missimer, T.M., 1990, Stratigraphic correlation of sediment facies within the Tamiami Formation of southwest Florida, IN Allmon, W.D., and Scott, T.M., eds., Plio-Pleistocene stratigraphy and paleontology of South Florida: Southeastern Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook, 1990 Field Excursion, December 7-8, 1990, no. 31, [12 unnumbered pages].


Summary:

Name is credited to J.F. Meeder (Univ. of Miami, Ph.D. dissertation) who mapped and identified reefal assemblages in Collier and Lee Cos., FL. Fifteen of the rock types he identified occur within the Tamiami Formation. Reefal material varies widely. Meeder did not formally define the Golden Gate Reef Member in terms of the stratigraphy and the relationships with other major lithic units. It is considered to be within the top of the unnamed limestone facies.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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