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= TIME. SERIES. FORMATION. MATERIAL. FossIL REMAINS. Events. oo 
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1 
Bogue Island. Mangrove mud. 
Montego. | Alluvial. Eu 5 
Late Pleistocene Condal Falmouth. | Littoral marl. Marine Mollusca, reef coral, etc. Successive elevations, aggre- — ua 
and Recent. p Coast Soboruco. | Elevated reef rock. Reef coral. gating less than 500 feet. present one 
Barbican. Elevated reef rock. Reef coral. Se z 
Hopewell. Elevated reef rock. Reef coral. 
Manchioneal. Littoral marl. E E Island contracted to | 
: : oe Marine Mollusea, Foraminifera Subsidence, submerging mar- k ag 
Pliocene. Kingston. | ert en ma- rachiopoda. , , gins of the island. — coast bor 
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D May Pen. Impure lime. Marine Mollusea, Echinoids, sim- > 
S Miocene or Late Brien mer orals, Foraminifera, and Bry- Submergence by subsidence of | Contraction ofisland 
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= Oligocene. N Conglomerate and marl.| Same as above, and fresh-water the margins of the island. by subsidence. 
= shells. 
3 Mountain folding. Elevations | Area expanded be- 
to 10,000 feet or more. In- yond present lim- 
> Middle Oligocene. Break. tense erosion of surface and its; probable con- 
= - intrusion of “granitoid” | nected Antillean 
rocks. land. 
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E Cobre. White limestone and 
mari. .. * 
s Early Eocene Moneague. White limestone. A few mollusks and simple corals. —— € ue pa i ge n 
> o Oceanic. | Montpelier. | White chalk with fints. Foraminifera and Radiolaria. Pepe = = Qe i 
= : t “5 Initiation of Montpelier subsi- few points of high- 
T] Early Oligocene. Chapelton. Yellow-white 1 Mollusca, corals, E and dere. cat: mouibu 
= Catadupa. Nodular limestone in Foraminifera. 3 
ES clay. 
Richmond. Alternation of clay and | A few mollusks and corals. Erosion and deposition of Lowering of land by 
sandstone. muddy sediments. erosion. 
Minho. Volcanic tuffs. Active vulcanism. : 
Blue Ballard. Black bituminous shale.| Rudistes, corals, and mollusks. Erosion and muddy deposi- Voleanic summits 
Late Cretaceous. M lla | tions. rising out of the 
* | Logie Green. | Yellow marls. Rudistes, corals, and mollusks. Irregular deposition during a |. Mesozoic sea. 
Jerusalem. pie eralar beds of lime- general period of erosion. 
Frankenfield. Ee bedded la- | | Rudistes, corals, and mollusks. Active vulcanism. 
vas, tuffs, and con- 
glomerates of horn- 
blende andesites. dj 
