Table of Contents - MWR147: Quaternary Sedimentation in South Florida

Holocene Sediment Accumulation of the South Florida Shelf Margin

Paul Enos

Abstract

Introduction

Regional setting

Methods

Local setting

Organisms

Surface sediments

Early diagenesis

Holocene sediment accumulation patterns

Stratigraphy of Holocene shelf-margin sediments

Origin and history of sediment accumulations

Controls of sediment accumulation

Comparison of Holocene and Pleistocene sequences of south Florida

Summary and conclusions

Acknowledgments

Appendix 1. Photographs of habitat communities

References cited

Depositional Framework of Pleistocene Rocks in South Florida

Ronald D. Perkins

Abstract

Introduction

Geologic setting

Tectonics

Stratigraphic subdivision and its relationship to previous work

Chronology of Q units

Criteria for recognition of discontinuity surfaces

Determination and application of ecologic suites

Stratigraphic application of present-day topography

Stratigraphic analysis of the Pleistocene of south Florida

Stratigraphic implications

Stratigraphic synthesis and conclusions

Acknowledgments

Appendix 1. Locations of measured sections

References cited