Configuration of the top of the Floridan aquifer, Southwest Florida Water Management District and adjacent areas
Water-Resources Investigations Report
78-34
By: A. Buono and A. T. Rutledge
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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)
| 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 |
| Edition | - |
| 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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