Flores-Hots, Victor E.

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    Sequence stratigraphy of upper paleogene to neogene sedimentary rocks exposed from Guánica bay to Guayanilla Puerto Rico
    (2018) Flores-Hots, Victor E.; Santos-Mercado, Hernán; College of Arts and Sciences - Sciences; Ramírez, Wilson R.; López Venegas, Alberto; Department of Geology; Ramírez, Lillian
    Detailed stratigraphic columns were measured, analyzed in terms of sequence stratigraphy, and correlated to previous works to produce a sequence stratigraphic model for the upper Paleogene to Neogene carbonate rocks exposed from Guánica Bay to Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. Four depositional sequences and three sequence boundaries were found. Facies analysis of the first depositional sequence of the Juana Diaz Formation, exposed at both sides of Guanica Bay, suggest a left lateral displacement where the west side was deposited in a proximal environment and the east at a more distal environment. Sequence stratigraphic analysis at the west side of Guanica bay showed that Mid-Miocene carbonate sediments of the fourth sequence are uncomformably overlying the first depositional sequence. The Guanica bay east exposure contains all fourth sequences suggesting that displacement occur before deposition of the fourth sequence during the Neogene. The southwestern of Puerto Rico has been of great interest because of its exceptional Outcrops of the Ponce (Mid-Miocene) and Juana Díaz (Oligocene) Formations, and models from these studies are of great value for the analysis of potential hydrocarbon reservoirs.