- Usage in publication:
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- Puerto Ferro limestone
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Limestone
Meyerhoff, H.A., 1933, Geology of Puerto Rico: University of Puerto Rico Monograph, 306 p.
Summary:
Named Puerto Ferro limestone for Miocene deposits at Vieques, PR. Unit makes up a low mesa-like prominence on south-central coast. It unconformably overlies Cretaceous rocks. It is well stratified and contains foraminifers, mollusks, and corals. The Puerto Ferro limestone is 200 feet thick.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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