Usage:
Plantation Tongue of Rebecca Shoal Dolomite (FL)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 1,527 to 1,745 m, Coastal Petroleum 1 State well 363, in sec. 32, T. 62 S., R. 38 E., Monroe Co., southeastern FL. Named from town of Plantation, 3.2 km south of well (Winston, 1978).
AAPG geologic province:
Florida platform
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