Usage:
Marquesas Supergroup (FL)
Geologic age:
Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 2,355 to 4,720 m, Gulf Oil Company, State of Florida-1 well, lease 826-Y, Monroe Co., southeastern FL. Named from Marquesas Keys (Meyerhoff and Hatten, 1974).
AAPG geologic province:
Florida platform
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