Ambergris Caye Limestone

Ambergris Caye Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Late Pleistocene
TypeFormation
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
Location
Coordinates18°06′N 87°48′W / 18.1°N 87.8°W / 18.1; -87.8
CountryBelize
Type section
Named forAmbergris Caye
Ambergris Caye Limestone is located in Belize
Ambergris Caye Limestone
Ambergris Caye Limestone (Belize)

The Ambergris Caye Limestone is a geologic formation in Belize. It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Pleistocene period.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ambergris Limestone at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

  • S. J. Mazzullo. 2006. Late Pliocene to Holocene platform evolution in northern Belize, and comparison with coeval deposits in southern Belize and the Bahamas. Sedimentology 53:1015-1047


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