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Geologic Unit: Myakka
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Myakka Member
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sand
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Florida platform
Publication:

DuBar, J.R., 1991, Florida Peninsula, IN DuBar, J.R., and others, Quaternary geology of the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain, Chapter 19, OF Morrison, R.B., ed., Quaternary nonglacial geology; conterminous United States: Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, The Decade of North American Geology (DNAG), v. K-2, p. 595-604.


Summary:

Sarasota Formation of Tamiami Group (rank raised) is subdivided into Myakka Member, Buckingham Limestone Member, Ochopee Limestone Member, Forty Mile Bend Member, and a coral/mollusk biohermal facies. Myakka Member is exposed in pits east of Sarasota, FL, and is described as shelly quartz sand. No thickness given.

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


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