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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 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 ...
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.
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The Cotui Limestone is a geological formation in Puerto Rico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period. [1] See also
Puerto Rico: The Quebradillas Limestone is a geologic formation in Puerto Rico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period. See also
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 .