Usage:
Tavernier Tongue of Rebecca Shoal Dolomite (FL,GA)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Paleocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 1,181 to 1,420 m, Coastal Petroleum 1 State well 363, in sec. 32, T. 62 S., R. 38 E., Monroe Co., FL. Named from town of Tavernier on Plantation Key, 3.2 km east of well (Winston, 1978).
AAPG geologic province:
Florida platform
South Georgia sedimentary province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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