Generalized thickness of the Floridan aquifer, Southwest Florida Water Management District
Open-File Report
80-1288
Prepared in cooperation with Southwest Florida Water Management District
By: R. M. Wolansky and J.M. Garbade
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Abstract
This map report presents the thickness of the Floridan aquifer in the Southwest Florida Water Management District. The Floridan aquifer ranges in thickness from 600 feet in the northern part of the District to 2,400 feet in the southern part. It is composed chiefly of limestone and dolomite beds that range in age from early Miocene to middle Eocene. For this investigation, the formations considered to be part of the Floridan aquifer are: Lake City and Avon Park Limestones of middle Eocene age; Ocala Limestone of late Eocene age; Suwannee Limestone of Oligocene age; and permeable parts of the Tampa Limestone and Hawthorn Formation of Miocene age that are in hydrologic contact with the rest of the aquifer.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Generalized thickness of the Floridan aquifer, Southwest Florida Water Management District |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 80-1288 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr801288 |
| Year Published | 1981 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | 1 Plate: 27.93 x 36.71 inches |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| Other Geospatial | Southwest Florida |
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