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Lithofacies and sequence stratigraphic description of the upper part of the Avon Park Formation and the Arcadia Formation in U.S. Geological Survey G–2984 test corehole, Broward County, Florida

Open-File Report 2017-1074
Prepared in cooperation with Broward County, Florida
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171074

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Abstract

Rock core and sediment from U.S. Geological Survey test corehole G–2984 completed in 2011 in Broward County, Florida, provide an opportunity to improve the understanding of the lithostratigraphic, sequence stratigraphic, and hydrogeologic framework of the intermediate confining unit and Floridan aquifer system in southeastern Florida. A multidisciplinary approach including characterization of sequence stratigraphy, lithofacies, ichnology, foraminiferal paleontology, depositional environments, porosity, and permeability was used to describe the geologic samples from this test corehole. This information has produced a detailed characterization of the lithofacies and sequence stratigraphy of the upper part of the middle Eocene Avon Park Formation and Oligocene to middle Miocene Arcadia Formation. This enhancement of the knowledge of the sequence stratigraphic framework is especially important, because subaerial karst unconformities at the upper boundary of depositional cycles at various hierarchical scales are commonly associated with secondary porosity and enhanced permeability in the Floridan aquifer system.

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Cunningham, K.J., and Robinson, Edward, 2017, Lithofacies and sequence stratigraphic description of the upper part of the Avon Park Formation and the Arcadia Formation in U.S. Geological Survey G–2984 test corehole, Broward County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open File-Report 2017–1074, 139 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171074.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Lithofacies and Sequence Stratigraphy
  • References
  • Lithofacies Description and Sequence Stratigraphy of Continuously Drilled Samples from the Avon Park Formation at U.S. Geological Survey G–2984 Test Corehole
  • Lithofacies Description and Sequence Stratigraphy of Continuously Drilled Samples from the Arcadia Formation at U.S. Geological Survey G–2984 Test Corehole
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Lithofacies and sequence stratigraphic description of the upper part of the Avon Park Formation and the Arcadia Formation in U.S. Geological Survey G–2984 test corehole, Broward County, Florida
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2017-1074
DOI 10.3133/ofr20171074
Year Published 2017
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) FLWSC-Ft. Lauderdale
Description v, 139 p.
Country United States
State Florida
County Broward County
Other Geospatial Test corehole G-2984
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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