TABLE OF CONTENTS

A b str a c t ........................................................................................................................................... 1
Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 1
 M e th o d s ...................................................................................................................... ............ 3
 Previous W ork ........................................................................................................................ 3
G eologic Sum m ary ...................................................................................................................... 4
 Structure .................................................................................................................................. 4
 G eom orphology ...................................................................................................................... 7
 O cala K arst D istrict............... ...................... .. .......... .............. .............. 8
 Perry K arst/San Pedro B ay ..................................................................................... 8
 W oodville K arst Plain.................................................. .............................................. 9
 Tifton U plan D istrict............... .................... .. ......... .............. .............. 9
 M adison H ills .................................................................................................................. 9
 Tallahassee H ills ............................................................................................................... 10
 Cody Scarp ........................................................................................................................ 10
Lithostratigraphic U nits .............. ...................... .. ....... .......................................... 11
 Tertiary System .......................................................................................................................... 11
 E o c en e S e rie s ......................................................................................................................... 1 1
 Avon Park Form ation......... .. ..................................... ................................. ............... 11
 O cala Lim stone ................................................................................................................ 11
 O ligocene Series ................................................................................................................. .. 12
 Suw annee Lim stone .................................................. .............................................. 12
 M iocene Series .................................................................................................................. 12
 St. M arks Form ation ..................................... .. ......... .............. .............. 12
 H aw thorn G group ............................................................................................................... 13
 Torreya Form action ........................................................................................... 13
 Tertiary-Quaternary System s .................................................. ............................................. 14
 Pliocene Series ...................................................................................................................... 14
 M iccosukee Form ation....... ................ .. .......... ................ ......... ..... 14
 Pleistocene Series................................................................................................................ .. 14
 U ndifferentiated Quaternary ... ................................................................... .............. 14
 Quaternary B each Ridges and D unes ................................... ..................... .............. 15
H ydrogeology ............................................................................................................................ 15
D derivative Products.................................................................................................................... 15
Field H hazards ............................................................................................................................. 15
 Plants ................................................................................................... ...... .............. 16
 R reptiles ................................................................................................................................. 17
 M am m als ............................................................................................................................... 19
 In se c ts ...................................................................................................................... . ........... 2 0
Selected Bibliography ................ .. ..................... .. .......... .................................... 23
A know ledgem ents ............................................... .. .......... ............................ .. 29