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Geologic Unit: Peace River

Usage:

Peace River Formation of Hawthorn Group (FL*)


Subunits:

Bone Valley Member (FL*)


Geologic age:

late Tertiary (middle Miocene to early Pliocene)*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section (subsurface): depth-interval +41 to -97 ft (+12 to -29 m), Hogan No. 1 type core W-12050, in SE/4 NW/4 sec. 16, T. 38 S., R. 26 E., east-central DeSoto Co., FL (Scott, 1988).


AAPG geologic province:

Florida platform*


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).