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The Ponce Limestone is a geologic formation in Puerto Rico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period [ 3 ] (20.45 million years ago ( Mya ). Description
Ponce Cement, Inc. was a cement and limestone manufacturer in Ponce, Puerto Rico.The company was located at the intersection of PR-123 and PR-500, in Barrio Magueyes. [3] It was founded in 1941 [4] by Antonio Ferré Bacallao, a Puerto Rican industrialist of Cuban origin. [5]
The San Sebastián Formation is a geologic formation in Puerto Rico.It preserves fossils dating back to the Oligocene period. [1]It was primarily deposited as limestone in a marine environment, but some localities with a significant amount of terrestrial fauna appear to have been deposited in a deltaic environment.
The Geology of Puerto Rico can be divided into three major geologic provinces: The Cordillera Central, the Carbonate, and the Coastal Lowlands. [1] Puerto Rico is composed of Jurassic to Eocene volcanic and plutonic rocks, which are overlain by younger Oligocene to recent carbonates and other sedimentary rocks .
The Northern Karst Belt (Spanish: Cinturón del Carso Norteño) is a limestone karst landscape located in the northwestern region of Puerto Rico. A karst is a topographical zone formed by the dissolution of soluble porous rocks, such as limestone , with features such as mogotes , canyons , caves , sinkholes , streams and rivers , all of which ...
Puerto Rico: The Quebradillas Limestone is a geologic formation in Puerto Rico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period. See also
W. A. van den Bold. 1965. Middle Tertiary Ostracoda from northwestern Puerto Rico. Micropaleontology 11(4):381-414; C. J. Maury. 1920. Tertiary Mollusca from Porto Rico. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands 3(1):1-78; R. D. E. MacPhee and A. R. Wyss. 1990. Oligo-Miocene vertebrates from Puerto Rico, with a catalog of localities.
Pages in category "History of Puerto Rico" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. ... Timeline of Bayamón, Puerto Rico;