- Usage in publication:
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- Gulf Hammock limestone
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Limestone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Florida platform
Ericson, D.B., 1945, The Gulf Hammock formation in Florida: Science, v. 102, no. 2644, p. 234.
Summary:
Pg. 234. Gulf Hammock limestone. Proposed for surface exposures of limestone that correlates with subsurface Avon Park. Name Avon Park should be dropped. [Age is Eocene (Claiborne or Jackson).]
Named from exposures at Gulf Hammock, Levy Co., FL.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1632).
- Usage in publication:
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- Gulf Hammock formation
- Modifications:
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- Not used
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Florida platform
Summary:
Pg. 104. Gulf Hammock formation, as defined by Ericson, includes Inglis member (new) of Moodys Branch formation and upper part of Avon park limestone as used in this report. Since Avon Park limestone is very thin in parts of outcrop area and since regional unconformity separates it from Moodys Branch formation, Ericson's correlation of Gulf Hammock formation with Avon Park is inexact, and use of term Gulf Hammock should be abandoned.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1632).
- Usage in publication:
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- Gulf Hammock
- Modifications:
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- Not used
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Florida platform
Summary:
According to Huddlestun (1984, oral commun.), Gulf Hammock includes Avon Park (top), Lake City, and Oldsmar rocks. Name not used in this report.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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