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Configuration of the top of the Floridan aquifer, Southwest Florida Water Management District and adjacent areas

Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-34
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri7834

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Abstract

This map depicts the approximate top of the rock that composes the Floridan aquifer. The contours represent the elevation of the top of the Floridan aquifer to mean sea level. Rock units recognized to be part of the Floridan aquifer are limestone and dolomite ranging from middle Eocene to early Miocene. They are Lake City Limestone, Avon Park Limestone, Ocala Limestone, Suwannee Limestone, and Tampa Limestone. In this report, the top of the Floridan aquifer is a limestone defined as the first consistent rock of early Miocene age or older below which occur no clay confining beds. Although the Hawthorn formation of middle Miocene is considered part of the Floridan aquifer when it is in direct hydrologic contact with lower lying rock units, it is not considered here because of a lack of detailed delineation of areas where contact exists. (Woodard-USGS)

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Buono, A., Rutledge, A.T., 1978, Configuration of the top of the Floridan aquifer, Southwest Florida Water Management District and adjacent areas: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-34, 1 map :col. ;84 x 63 cm. fold. in envelope 30 x 24 cm. --, https://doi.org/10.3133/wri7834.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Configuration of the top of the Floridan aquifer, Southwest Florida Water Management District and adjacent areas
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 78-34
DOI 10.3133/wri7834
Year Published 1978
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description 1 map :col. ;84 x 63 cm. fold. in envelope 30 x 24 cm. --
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