Research Catalog

Title

Geologic history of Florida : major events that formed the Sunshine State / Albert C. Hine ; illustrated by Carlie Williams.

Author

Hine, Albert C.

Publication

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

Williams, Carlie.

Description

xx, 229 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.); 29 cm.

Summary

An explanation of the geological processes that formed Florida.

Subject

• Geology > Florida
• Historical geology > Florida

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Florida defined -- Florida lost : wandering the globe and finding home (~700 Ma to ~200 Ma) -- The big split : formation of three oceans and the establishment of the Florida basement (~225 Ma to ~140 Ma) -- The carbonate factory cranks up : Florida being born from the sea (~160 Ma to present) -- An environmental crisis : drowning of the West Florida margin and development of the West Florida escarpment (~100 Ma to ~80 Ma) -- Clash of geologic terrains : colliding with Cuba (~56 Ma to ~40 Ma) -- Dissolution tectonics : sinkhole development (~140 Ma to present) -- Sands from the north : the quartz sand invasion (~30 Ma to present) -- Erosion in the ocean, marine fertility, and huge sharks : the Florida phosphate story (~22 Ma to ~5 Ma) -- The finish line in sight : approaching modern Florida and the emergence of South Florida (~2.5 Ma to ~10 ka) -- Epilogue.

ISBN

• 9780813044217 (alk. paper)
• 0813044219 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• ^^2012046698
• 40022449056

OCLC

813540836

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library