The platform separated from Africa as Pangaea broke up in the Jurassic, remaining attached to North America. The Florida Platform remained submerged for most of the Cenozoic Era, and the sedimentary strata of the platform are primarily of marine origin.

Basement

The basement of the Florida Platform comprises igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks of Proterozoic, Paleozoic,

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