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词条 Peters Hill Limestone
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  1. See also

  2. References

  3. Further reading

{{Infobox rockunit
| name = Peters Hill Limestone
| image =
| caption =
| type = Formation
| age = Santonian
~{{fossil range|85}}
| period = Santonian
| prilithology = Limestone
| otherlithology = Conglomerate
| namedfor = Peters' Hill
| namedby =
| region = Clarendon Parish
| country = {{JAM}}
| coordinates = {{coord|18.1|N|77.2|W|display=inline,title}}
| paleocoordinates = {{coord|16.6|N|63.0|W|display=inline}}
| unitof =
| subunits =
| underlies = Back River Formation
| overlies = unconformably on the Arthurs Seat Formation (andesite, basalt and conglomerate)
| thickness = up to {{convert|26|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| extent =
| area =
| map = {{Location map+ | Jamaica
| relief = 1
| width = 250
| float = center
| places =
| lat_deg = 18.1
| lon_deg = -77.2
| mark = Lightgreen pog.svg
| marksize = 12
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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 Santonian stage of the Cretaceous Period.[1][2]

See also

  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Jamaica

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}}
2. ^Peters Hill Limestone at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

  • L. J. Chubb. 1971. Rudists of Jamaica. Palaeontographica Americana 7(45):161-257
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6 : Geologic formations of Jamaica|Cretaceous Jamaica|Santonian Stage|Limestone formations|Shallow marine deposits|Geography of Clarendon Parish

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