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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 ...
Depiction of the Gulf Trough over Florida. The Gulf Trough , also known as the Suwanee Straits , [ 1 ] is an ancient geologic feature of Florida present during the Paleogene period. A strong marine current , similar to the Gulf Stream , scoured the trough from southwest to northeast.
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 cite report}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown
Its geologic history is also complex. The rock underlying Florida was originally part of Gondwana and did not become part of North America until the Permian, when Pangaea formed. During the Mesozoic Pangaea began to divide again and Florida was left attached to North America. [4]
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 ...
Idealized geologic diagram showing the confining layer that separates the Upper Floridan and surficial aquifers and plays an important role in determining water quality in the Upper Floridan aquifer (from Berndt and others, 2015). [18] Generalized cross section from Marion County, Florida, to Collier County, Florida.
The history of Florida can be traced to when the first Paleo-Indians began to inhabit the peninsula as early as 14,000 years ago. [1] They left behind artifacts and archeological evidence. Florida's written history begins with the arrival of Europeans; the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León in 1513 made the first textual records.
Alachua County, Florida and Miocene shoreline based on the Florida Geologic Survey. Florida during the Miocene Florida during the Pleistocene. The Haile Quarry or Haile sites are an Early Miocene and Pleistocene assemblage of vertebrate fossils located in the Haile quarries, Alachua County, northern Florida.