Peters Hill Limestone

Peters Hill Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous
Type Formation
Underlies Back River Formation
Overlies unconformably on the Arthurs Seat Formation (andesite, basalt and conglomerate)
Thickness up to 26 m
Lithology
Primary Limestone
Other Conglomerate
Location
Country Jamaica

The Peters Hill Limestone or Peters Hill Formation is a geologic formation in Jamaica. It preserves fossils such as rudists, echinoids and corals from the Cretaceous Period.[1]

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References

  1. Bartolini, Claudio and Richard T. Buffler (editor), The Circum-Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean: Hydrocarbon Habitats, Basin Formation, and Plate Tectonics (AAPG Memoir), American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 2003, p. 611 ISBN 978-0891813606


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