Earth:Coffee Mill Hammock Formation
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Short description: Geologic formation in Florida
| Coffee Mill Hammock Formation | |
|---|---|
| Type | Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Florida |
| Country | United States |
The Coffee Mill Hammock Formation is a geologic formation in Florida. The formation is about two-feet thick and is composed of shell marl. It sits on top of the Fort Thompson Formation and preserves fossils from the Late Pleistocene,[1] predominantly Chione cancellata. It can be seen at Goodno's Landing, Fort Thompson, and at Coffee Mill Hammock, 12 north of LaBelle, Florida, in Glades County.[2]
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Florida
References
- ↑ "Neogene Geology of the Southeastern United States". https://neogeneatlas.net/geology/.
- ↑ "Geologic Unit: Coffee Mill Hammock". United States Geological Survey. https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/UnitRefs/CoffeeMillHammockRefs_1144.html. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home.
- National Geologic Map Database Geologic Unit: Coffee Mill Hammock
- Photograph of geologic layers at Goodno's Landing, Fort Thompson. The lowest level (D) is "Coffee Mill Hammock shell marl member of the Fort Thompson formation".
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