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Florida is tied with North Dakota as having the fewest earthquakes of any US state. [7] Because Florida is not located near any tectonic plate boundaries, earthquakes are very rare, but not totally unknown. In January 1879, a shock occurred near St. Augustine. There were reports of heavy shaking that knocked plaster from walls and articles from ...
At 345 feet (105 m) above mean sea level, Britton Hill in northern Walton County is the highest point in Florida and the lowest known highpoint of any U.S. state. [3] Much of the state south of Orlando is low-lying and fairly level; however, some places, such as Clearwater, feature vistas that rise 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 m) above the water.
The Neogene of Florida and Adjacent Regions: Special Publication 37: Proceedings of the Third Bald Island Conference on Coastal Plains Geology (PDF) (Report). Tallahassee, Florida: Florida Geological Survey. pp. 91– 96. Archived from the original on 2023-12-03
The lithostratigraphy of the Hawthorn Group (Miocene) of Florida: Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 59 (PDF) (Report). Florida Geological Survey. Scott, Thomas M. (1997). "Miocene to Holocene History of Florida". In Randazzo, Anthony F.; Jones, Douglas S. (eds.). The Geology of Florida. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida. pp. 57 ...
The Bone Valley Formation is a geologic formation in Florida. It is sometimes classified as the upper member of the Peace River Formation of the Hawthorn Group . [ 2 ] It contains economically important phosphorite deposits that are mined in west-central Florida, as well as rich assemblages of vertebrate fossils .
Let us sing an ode to ooids, the tiny, roly-poly balls of broken shells that formed South Florida’s oolite limestone bedrock. South Florida geology 101: Lessons in the rock about future risks ...
The Florida peninsula is located on the eastern side of the platform, where in places it lies only 3 to 4 miles (4.8 to 6.4 km) from the platform's edge. On the gulf side the platform ends over 100 miles (160 km) to the west of the modern shoreline, where a massive cliff rises over 6,000 feet (1,800 m) from the 10,600 feet (3,200 m) depth of ...
South Florida geology 101: Lessons in the rock about future risks from sea rise ... The data comes from lidar drones, which fly overhead bouncing laser beams off the ground to map the county’s ...