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Comparison Of Karstification Methods And Isostatic Rebound In The Suwannee River Basin, Florida, Toni Larche Jan 2018

Comparison Of Karstification Methods And Isostatic Rebound In The Suwannee River Basin, Florida, Toni Larche

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Plio-Pleistocene beach ridges in northern Florida are nearly 50 m above current sea level, but sea level during that time is not known to have been more than 25 m above current sea level. The height of beach ridges in northern Florida therefore create a conundrum because Florida is located on a passive margin in what is considered a tectonically stable environment. A series of recent studies have suggested that uplift on the Florida peninsula may be the result of the removal of subsurface crustal mass. Karstification of Florida’s carbonate matrix may provide a mechanism for subsurface crustal mass removal …