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Tamiami Formation

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Missimer, T.M., 1992, Stratigraphic relationships of sediment facies within the Tamiami Formation of southwestern Florida: Proposed intraformational correlations; in Scott, T.M., and Allmon, W.D., (eds.), The Plio-Pleistocene stratigraphy and paleontology of southern Florida; Florida Geological
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lithologies and associated faunas. It occurs at or near the land surface in the southern peninsula with numerous named and unnamed members recognized within the Tamiami Formation. Its unevenness indicates that the upper part has been subjected to
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Berkenkotter, Richard D, Application of statistical analysis in evaluating bedded deposits of variable thickness—Florida phosphate data (United States. Bureau of Mines. Report of investigations, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
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system. The Tamiami formation overlies the Hawthorn at every locality where the Hawthorn has been penetrated and is overlain unconformably by the Caloosahatchee marl of the
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Parker, Garald G., 1951, Geologic and hydrologic factors in the perennial yield of the Biscayne aquifer: Jour. Am. Water Works Assoc., v. 43, no. 10, p. 817–834, 7 figs.
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Mansfield, W. C., 1939, Notes on the upper Tertiary and Pleistocene mollusks of peninsular Florida: Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 18, 75 p.
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Buckingham Limestone Member, Ochopee Limestone Member, Bonita Springs Marl Member, Golden Gate Reef Member, Pinecrest Sand Member
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Finch, J., Geological essay on the Tertiary formation in America: American Journal of Science, v. 7, p. 31–43, 1823.
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light gray to green, poorly consolidated, fossil bearing sandy clay to clayey sand
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white to light gray, moderately to well hardened, sandy, fossiliferous limestone
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Late Miocene to Pliocene geologic formation in the southwest Florida peninsula
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is present in limited quantities throughout the Tamiami in sand and gravel.
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light gray to tan, unconsolidated, fine to coarse grained sand with fossils
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white to light gray, poorly consolidated, sandy, fossil bearing limestone
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Fossils appear in casts and molds, as well as original material.
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light gray, poorly consolidated, very fine to medium grained,
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The Tamiami Formation contains a wide range of mixed
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Index

Stratigraphic range
Late Miocene
Late Pliocene
Ma
PreꞒ

O
S
D
C
P
T
J
K
Pg
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Cerithium dalli
Geological formation
Hawthorn Group
Sandstone
claystone
limestone
Phosphate
Southwest Florida
United States
Charlotte
Monroe
Tamiami Trail
Late Miocene

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