Roadside Geology of Florida - Table of Contents
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Preface
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ix
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Acknowledgments
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xi
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I. Introduction
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1
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The Foundations of Eden
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1
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Geologic Fieldwork
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6
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Common Minerals, Rocks and Fossils
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8
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Sedimentary Rocks
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12
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The Process of Fossilization
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13
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Structural and Geomorphic Regions
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17
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The Suwannee Channel
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20
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II. Geological and Paleontological History
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22
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Florida's Plate Tectonic Context
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22
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Going Back in Time ... Deep Time
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23
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Exotic Terrane--Late Precambrian and Paleozoic Time
(1,000 to 251 Million Years Ago)
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25
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When the Gulf was Young--Triassic and Jurassic Time
(251 to 145 Million Years Ago)
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28
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When Rudists Ruled the Earth--Cretaceous Time
(145 to 65 Million Years Ago)
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31
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Sea World--Paleocene and Eocene Time
(65 to 34 Million Years Ago)
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32
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Tropical Paradise--Oligocene Time
(34 to 23 Million Years Ago)
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35
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Bush Gardens--Miocene and Pliocene Time
(23 to 1.8 Million Years Ago)
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37
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No Frozen Mammoths--Pleistocene Time
(1.8 Million to 10,000 Years Ago)
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39
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Coastal Property--Holocene Time
(10,000 Years Ago to the Present)
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41
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The First Floridians--Geoarchaeology
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43
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III. Sculpting a Land from the Sea
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46
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Sea Level Change--Past and Present
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46
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| Coastal Strandlines and Terraces
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49
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| Coastal Environments
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50
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| Ocean Currents and Coastal Water Flow
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52
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Anatomy of a Beach
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55
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Origin of Barrier Islands
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57
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Coastal Erosion
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58
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Hurricanes
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58
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Rivers
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60
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Wetlands, Lakes and Soils
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61
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Aquifer Systems
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62
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Karstification--A Dissolving Landscape
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65
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Fountains of Youth--Florida's Legendary Springs
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68
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IV. Panhandle--The Other Florida
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73
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US 29 and Florida 4 Pensacola--Century--Crestview
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75
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US 90 and Interstate 10 Pensacola--Crestview--DeFuniak Springs
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76
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Side Trip on Florida 85
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78
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Side Trip to the Highest Point in Florida
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80
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US 90 and Interstate 10 DeFuniak Springs--Marianna
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82
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Side Trip to Falling Waters State Park
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85
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Mermaid's Pennies--Larger Foraminifera
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92
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Pearly Nautilus in Florida
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95
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Florida Caverns State Park and Speleothems
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97
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US 90 and Interstate 10 Marianna--Chattahoochee--Tallahassee
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100
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Side Trip to Torreya State Park
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103
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Tallahassee
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105
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US 20 Niceville--Tallahassee
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107
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Side Trip on Florida 73
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108
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Side Trip on Florida 12
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110
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US 98 Pensacola--Panama City
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114
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It Came from the Bog--Carnivorous Plants of the Panhandle
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115
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Side Trip to Santa Rosa Island
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117
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Dunes and Dune Lakes--A Side Trip on Florida 30A
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118
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US 98 Panama City--Port St. Joe--St. Marks
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122
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Side Trip to St. Joseph Peninsula
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124
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Wakulla Springs State Park
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128
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San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park
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131
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V. Northern Peninsula--Upon the Suwannee River
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133
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Us 90 and Interstate 10 Tallahassee--Lake City
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134
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A Lonely Trilobite in Florida
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134
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Withlacoochee and Alapaha Rivers
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135
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The Upper Suwannee River
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137
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Living Fossil Fish in Florida Waters
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144
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US 90 and Interstate 10 Lake City--Jacksonville
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145
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Silurian Sea Scorpions
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147
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Us 27 Tallahassee--Perry--High Springs
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149
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Fossil Echinoids
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152
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Some Things Never Change--The Remarkable Bryozoan Nellia tenella
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154
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Exposures and Springs on the Lower Suwannee, Santa Fe and Ichetucknee Rivers
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154
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Thomas Farm
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160
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Fossil Horses
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162
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US 98/US 19 St. Marks--Inglis
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162
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Paleoindians and Pleistocene Megafauna
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166
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Fossil Elephants
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166
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The Salt Marsh Environment
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171
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Rainbow Springs State Park
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173
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Interstate 75 and US 441 Lake City--Gainesville--Ocala
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174
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Fossil Ground Sloths
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179
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Fossil Rhinoceroses and Tapirs
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181
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Florida 100 Lake City--Palatka
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187
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Florida A1A (I-95 and US 1) Fernandina Beach--New Smyrna Beach
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189
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Living and Fossil Sea Turtles
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197
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VI. Central Peninsula--We Dig Phosphate
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199
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US 98/US 19 Inglis--St. Petersburg--Bradenton
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204
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Eocene Molluska--the Tethyan Connection
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206
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Fossil Manatees and Dugongs
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209
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Fossil Camels
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210
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With Love, from South America
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219
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Interstate 75 Ocala--Tampa--Bradenton
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222
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Fossil Saber-Tooths
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226
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Central Florida Phosphate District
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228
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Where the Buffalo Roamed, and the Deer and the Antelope Played
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230
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Fossil Whales
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231
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US 441 Ocala--Orlando--Okeechobee
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233
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US 27 Clermont--Venus
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237
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Sugarloaf Mountain
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239
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The "Mountains of Florida"--Dune Fields Past and Present
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242
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Interstate 95, US 1 and Florida A1A New Smyrna Beach--Cape Canaveral--Fort Pierce
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244
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Coastal Development--Florida's Beach Ridge Plains
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246
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We Serve Anybody--Fossil Crabs of Florida
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248
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VII. Southern Peninsula--A River of Grass Flows Over It
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251
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Interstate 75 and US 41 Bradenton--Fort Myers--Naples
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254
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Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusks
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255
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Fossil and Living Sharks and Rays
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258
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Fossil Sea Stars of Florida--The Panamanian Connection
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263
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The Estuarine Environment
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269
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US 41 (Tamiami Trail) Naples--Miami
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272
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Mangrove Swamps
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272
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Sunniland Oil Field
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274
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Big Cypress Swamp and the Everglades
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274
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Alligators and Crocodiles
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279
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Lake Okeechobee
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279
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Florida A1A (I-95 and US 1) Fort Pierce--Miami
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282
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VIII. Florida Keys--Pleistocene Republic
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291
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The Florida Reef Tract
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293
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US 1 (Overseas Highway) Biscayne Bay and Upper Keys (Key Largo to Bahia Honda Key
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298
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Holocene History of the Florida Reef Tract
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300
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Pleistocene History of the Key Largo Limestone
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306
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Florida Land Developer--The Coral Animal
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309
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Other Limestone Producers of the Florida Reef Tract
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311
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Where's the Reef? Reefs of Florida--Past and Present
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313
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US 1 (Overseas Highway) Lower Keys (Big Pine Key to Key West)
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316
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Marquesas Keys and Dry Tortugas
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317
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Glossary
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323
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Appendices
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339
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References and Suggested Reading
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347
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Index
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355
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About the Authors
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376
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