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2. Miami Limestone - Wikipedia

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   Miami Limestone (formerly Miami Oolite, orange on map) in relation to other formations in South Florida. The Miami Limestone, originally called Miami Oolite, is a geologic formation of limestone in southeastern Florida. Miami Limestone forms the Atlantic Coastal Ridge in southeastern Florida, near the coast in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami Dade ...

3. Miami Rock Ridge - Wikipedia

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   The Miami Rock Ridge is an oolitic, continuous outcrop of limestone, part of the Miami Formation, which formerly encompassed a large extent of southernmost South Florida; as part of an ecosystem it formed portions of the Everglades.

4. Geology of Florida - Wikipedia

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   The structure of the Florida platform, the foundation of which came from the African Plate over 200 million years ago.. The Floridian peninsula is a porous plateau of karst limestone sitting atop bedrock known as the Florida Platform.

5. Coral Castle - Wikipedia

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   Coral Castle is an oolite limestone structure created by the Latvian-American eccentric Edward Leedskalnin (1887–1951). It comprises numerous large stones, each weighing several tons, sculpted into a variety of shapes, including slab walls, tables, chairs, a crescent moon, a water fountain and a sundial.

6. Everglades - Wikipedia

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   A satellite image of the Everglades, taken in March 2019 Limestone formations in South Florida. Source: U.S. Geological Survey. Five geologic formations form the surface of the southern portion of Florida: the Tamiami Formation, Caloosahatchee Formation, Anastasia Formation, Miami Limestone, and the Fort Thompson Formation.

7. Atlantic Coastal Ridge - Wikipedia

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   The position of the Miami Rock Ridge largely corresponds with that of Pliocene reef tracts which extended from Palm Beach County to southern Miami-Dade County. [12] The oölitic (upper) facies of the Miami limestone caps the Miami Rock Ridge. It is up to 35 feet (11 m) thick along the ridge summit, but extends only part-way under the Everglades.

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9. South Florida rocklands - Wikipedia

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   The pine rocklands in Miami-Dade County and Everglades National Park are found on limestone substrates along the Miami Rock Ridge, an exposed oolitic limestone matrix 2–7 meters above sea level that extends from northern Miami to the southern Everglades with disjunct sections in the Lower Keys. [4]