Florida Platform

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The Florida Platform is a broad, shallow carbonate shelf underlying much of the Florida Peninsula and surrounding waters, forming the foundation for extensive reef systems and marine habitats in the region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Florida Platform canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf carbonate platform ⓘ
continental shelf feature ⓘ
geologic province ⓘ
adjacentTo Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
associatedWith karst development in Florida ⓘ
sinkhole formation in Florida ⓘ
boundedBy Bahama Platform ⓘ
De Soto Canyon ⓘ
Florida Escarpment ⓘ
composedPrimarilyOf dolostone ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
continuedDevelopmentDuring Cenozoic ⓘ
Cretaceous ⓘ
developedFrom Jurassic carbonate deposition ⓘ
extendsBeneath Everglades ⓘ
Tampa Bay region ⓘ
linked to: Tampa Bay area

south Florida shelf ⓘ
formsFoundationFor Florida Peninsula topography ⓘ
south Florida aquifer systems ⓘ
geologicAge Cenozoic ⓘ
Mesozoic ⓘ
hasCharacteristic broad ⓘ
shallow ⓘ
submerged carbonate shelf ⓘ
hasReliefFeature Florida Escarpment ⓘ
importantFor coastal ecosystems of Florida ⓘ
fisheries habitats ⓘ
hydrogeology of Florida ⓘ
locatedIn Florida Peninsula ⓘ
Straits of Florida ⓘ
eastern Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Gulf of Mexico

western Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
origin passive margin carbonate system ⓘ
overlies basement rocks of the North American Plate ⓘ
partOf North American continental margin ⓘ
subjectOfStudyIn carbonate sedimentology ⓘ
marine geology ⓘ
sequence stratigraphy ⓘ
supports Florida Keys coral reef system ⓘ
linked to: Florida Reef Tract

Florida Reef Tract ⓘ
extensive seagrass beds ⓘ
shallow marine habitats ⓘ
tectonicSetting passive continental margin ⓘ
thickness several kilometers of carbonate sediments ⓘ
underlies Florida Keys ⓘ
Florida Peninsula ⓘ
south Florida shelf ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Florida Reef Tract → geologicalSetting → Florida Platform ⓘ