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Oldest (Early Tertiary) subsurface carbonate rocks of St. Croix, USVI, revealed in a turbidite-mudball.

January 1, 1984

Ranging in age from early Eocene to early Miocene and younger, pelagic foraminifers form the major component of a phenoclastic mudball within a fossiliferous turbidite. The turibidite is part of a more than 12m-thick section of biogenic deposits of middle Miocene age.-from Author

Publication Year 1984
Title Oldest (Early Tertiary) subsurface carbonate rocks of St. Croix, USVI, revealed in a turbidite-mudball.
DOI 10.2113/gsjfr.14.3.213
Authors B. H. Lidz
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Journal of Foraminiferal Research
Index ID 70012708
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse