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Chapter 2: Tectonic Evolution and Geophysics of the Florida Basement,” the Geology of Florida, Randazzo, A Turkey Point Units 6 & 7 COL Application Part 2 — FSAR SUBSECTION 2.5.1: BASIC GEOLOGIC AND SEISMIC INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS 2.5.1 BASIC GEOLOGIC AND SEISMIC INFORMATION .............................2.5.1-1 2.5.1.1 Regional Geology .....................................................................2.5.1-4 2.5.1.2 Site Geology .........................................................................2.5.1-219 2.5.1.3 References ...........................................................................2.5.1-232 2.5.1-i Revision 3 Turkey Point Units 6 & 7 COL Application Part 2 — FSAR SUBSECTION 2.5.1 LIST OF TABLES Number Title 2.5.1-201 Locations of DSDP and ODP Drill Sites Referenced in FSAR 2.5 2.5.1-202 K/Pg and Cenozoic Boundary Events Affecting the Caribbe- an, Gulf of Mexico, and Florida Regions 2.5.1-203 Florida’s Marine Terraces, Elevations, and Probable Ages 2.5.1-204 Summary of Regional Fault Zones of Cuba 2.5.1-205 Correlation of Morphotectonic Zones and Tectonic Terranes in Hispaniola 2.5.1-206 Tectonic Interpretation of Terranes in Hispaniola 2.5.1-207 NOAA NGDC Database Tsunami Run-Up Events 2.5.1-ii Revision 3 Turkey Point Units 6 & 7 COL Application Part 2 — FSAR SUBSECTION 2.5.1 LIST OF FIGURES Number Title 2.5.1-201 Site Region Geologic Map 2.5.1-202 Tectonic Map of the Northern Caribbean-North America Plate Boundary 2.5.1-203 Supercontinents Rodinia and Pangea 2.5.1-204 Alleghanian Oblique Rotational Collision between Laurentia and Gondwana 2.5.1-205 Interpreted Basement Map of Florida 2.5.1-206 Tectonic Plate Reconstructions of Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Region 2.5.1-207 Reconstruction of the Caribbean 2.5.1-208 Interpretation of Seismic Line across Bahama Platform and Blake-Bahamas Basin 2.5.1-209 Seismic Line Interpretation of Cuba Foreland Basin, offshore west Cuba 2.5.1-210 Physiographic Features of Northern Caribbean-North America Plate Boundary 2.5.1-211 Deep Sea Drilling Locations 2.5.1-212 Climate Change Parameters - Past 600 My 2.5.1-213 Caribbean Currents Driven by the Great Ocean Conveyor Belt 2.5.1-214 Bathymetry of the Florida Coast 2.5.1-215 Schematic Illustrating the Geologic Development of the Caribbean Crust 2.5.1-216 Interpreted Transition from Normal Oceanic Crust to Oceanic Plateau in the Venezuelan Basin 2.5.1-217 Physiography of Florida 2.5.1-218 Suwannee Channel System 2.5.1-219 Ancient Florida Coastlines 2.5.1-220 Terraces and Shorelines of Florida 2.5.1-221 Karstification Process 2.5.1-222 Sinkhole Type, Development, and Distribution 2.5.1-223 The Caribbean Carbonate Crash and Initiation of the Modern Global Thermohaline Ocean Circulation 2.5.1-iii Revision 3 Turkey Point Units 6 & 7 COL Application Part 2 — FSAR SUBSECTION 2.5.1 LIST OF FIGURES (CONT.) Number Title 2.5.1-224 Cross Section of the Florida/Bahama Platform Showing Range of Thickness of Carbonate Rocks Covering Basement Rocks 2.5.1-225 Facies Distribution across the West-Central Florida Inner Shelf 2.5.1-226 Cape Fear Landslide and the Blake Ridge Salt Diapir Structure and Gas Hydrate Deposit 2.5.1-227 Physiography of Cuba 2.5.1-228 Paleozoic to Mesozoic Stratigraphy of Florida 2.5.1-229 Regional Tectonic Features 2.5.1-230 Simplified North-South Profile of Mesozoic-Age Rocks in Florida 2.5.1-231 Cenozoic Stratigraphy of Southern Florida 2.5.1-232 North-South Geologic Cross Section of Upper Mesozoic and Lower Cenozoic Rocks in Southern Florida 2.5.1-233 Cenozoic North-South Cross Section of Florida 2.5.1-234 East-West Geologic Cross Section of Upper Cenozoic Age Rocks in Southern Florida 2.5.1-235 East-West Geologic Cross Section of Eocene through Pliocene-age Rocksin Southern Florida 2.5.1-236 East-West Geologic Cross Section of Miocene through Pleistocene-age Rocks in Dade County, Florida 2.5.1-237 Miocene-Pliocene Siliciclastic Transport Pathways in Southern Florida 2.5.1-238 Map of Crust Types in Gulf of Mexico Region 2.5.1-239 Gulf of Mexico Cross Section B–B’ 2.5.1-240 Gulf of Mexico Cross Section A–A’ 2.5.1-241 Gulf of Mexico Cross Section C–C’ 2.5.1-242 Explanation for Gulf of Mexico Cross Sections A–A’, B–B’, and C–C’ 2.5.1-243 Seismic Line and Well Correlation, Florida, and Bahama Platform 2.5.1-244 Seismic Line Interpretation across Bahama Plateau 2.5.1-245 Great Bahama Bank Geologic Environment 2.5.1-iv Revision 3 Turkey Point Units 6 & 7 COL Application Part 2 — FSAR SUBSECTION 2.5.1 LIST OF FIGURES (CONT.) Number Title 2.5.1-246 Lithostratigraphic Column for the Bahama Islands 2.5.1-247 Tectonic Map of Cuba 2.5.1-248 Generalized Cross Section of Northern Cuba 2.5.1-249 Focal Mechanisms and Slip Vectors of Northeast Caribbean Earthquakes 2.5.1-250 Tectonic Evolution of the Greater Antilles Arc Collision 2.5.1-251 Lithostratigraphic Map of Cuba 2.5.1-252 Structural Cross Section across Central Cuba, Line E–F 2.5.1-253 Basement Faults of Florida Platform 2.5.1-254 Gravity Field for the Site Region 2.5.1-255 Gravity Profile A–A’ and B–B’ 2.5.1-256 Magnetic Field for the Site Region 2.5.1-257 Regional Magnetic Field Annotated with Locations of the Central Florida Basement Complex and Bahama Fracture Zone 2.5.1-258 Magnetic Profile A–A’ 2.5.1-259 Generalized West-East Cross Section across Northern Florida 2.5.1-260 Cretaceous and Younger Strata North-South Geologic Cross Section of Florida 2.5.1-261 Cross Section of Florida Platform 2.5.1-262 Seismic Line Interpretations across the Straits of Florida 2.5.1-263 Interpretation of Seismic Line and Well Correlation, Straits of Florida 2.5.1-264 Generalized Cross Sections, from Gulf of Mexico to Bahama Platform 2.5.1-265 Geologic Cross Section of Cuba 2.5.1-266 Magnetic Reversal Map of Oceanic Crust and Fracture Zones East of Bahama Platform 2.5.1-267 Earthquakes in the Caribbean Region 2.5.1-268 Seismic Line and Interpretation, with Correlation to Great Isaac 1 Well, Bahama Platform 2.5.1-269 Seismic Line of Northwest Great Bahama Bank 2.5.1-v Revision 3 Turkey Point Units 6 & 7 COL Application Part 2 — FSAR SUBSECTION 2.5.1 LIST OF FIGURES (CONT.) Number Title 2.5.1-270 Seismic Line across Exuma Canyon and Bahama Platform 2.5.1-271 Seismic Line and Interpretation across Bahama Plateau 2.5.1-272 Seismic Line Interpretation of the Western Straits of Florida 2.5.1-273 Seismic Line and Interpretation across Florida Platform 2.5.1-274 Interpreted Versions of the Southern Half of Profile FS-08 in the Straits of Florida 2.5.1-275 Seismic Line and Interpretation across the Walkers Cay Fault 2.5.1-276 Seismic Line and Interpretation across the Walkers Cay Fault 2.5.1-277 Seismic Line along Edge of Little Bahama Bank and Walkers Cay Fault 2.5.1-278 Seismic Line and Interpretation across the Santaren Anticline 2.5.1-279 Offshore Cross Section across the Cuban Fold-and-Thrust Belt, Western Cuba 2.5.1-280 Offshore Interpreted Seismic Line, Cuban Thrust Belt 2.5.1-281 Offshore Interpreted Seismic Line, Cuban Thrust Belt 2.5.1-282 Schematic Evolution of Offshore Northwest Cuba 2.5.1-283 Interpreted Seismic Line across the East Edge of the Blake Plateau 2.5.1-284 Seismic Line Interpretation across Blake Plateau 2.5.1-285 Locations of Faulting Identified on Blake Plateau Seismic Survey 2.5.1-286 Neotectonic Map of Cuba 2.5.1-287 Interpreted Seismic Line across Cuban Thrust Belt, Line 3A 2.5.1-288 Interpreted Seismic Line across Cuban Thrust Belt, Line 3C 2.5.1-289 Onshore Cross Section across the Pinar Fault, Western Cuba 2.5.1-290 Cross Section and Map of the Punta Alegre Fault 2.5.1-291 Deleted 2.5.1-292 Bathymetric and Physiographic Map of the Gulf of Mexico 2.5.1-293 Portion of Seismic Reflection Line 462 2.5.1-vi Revision 3 Turkey Point Units 6 & 7 COL Application Part 2 — FSAR SUBSECTION 2.5.1 LIST OF FIGURES (CONT.) Number Title 2.5.1-294 Seismic Line of Southeastern Gulf of Mexico 2.5.1-295 Mesozoic to Cenozoic Sediments, Rift Basins, and Rifted Continental Crust from the Yucatan Platform to the Florida Escarpment 2.5.1-296 Physiography and Bathymetry of the Yucatan Basin 2.5.1-297 Three Stage Model for Opening of the Yucatan Basin 2.5.1-298 Southern Zone of River Anomalies 2.5.1-299 Arches and Embayments Underlying the Atlantic Coastal Plain 2.5.1-300 Simplified Fault Maps of Jamaica 2.5.1-301 Volcanic Evolution of the Greater Antilles Volcanic Arc 2.5.1-302 Geology of Jamaica 2.5.1-303 Simplified Tertiary Stratigraphy of Jamaica 2.5.1-304 Physiographic Provinces of Hispaniola 2.5.1-305 Correlation between Morphtectonic Zones and Tectonic Terranes in Hispaniola 2.5.1-306 Deleted 2.5.1-307 Simplified Geologic Map of Puerto Rico and the Islands of Vieques and Culebra 2.5.1-308 Shaded Relief Map of Puerto Rico Trench, Showing Locations of Major Faults and Structural Features 2.5.1-309 Depth Cross Section Showing Seismicity beneath Puerto Rico 2.5.1-310 Schematic Cross Section of the Puerto Rico Subduction Zone 2.5.1-311 GPS-Derived Velocities in the Dominican Republic and Western Puerto Rico with Respect to the North American Plate 2.5.1-312 Topography and Bathymetry Offshore of Southern Puerto Rico 2.5.1-313 Faults in the Anegada Passage 2.5.1-314 Stratigraphic Columns from Five Wells Drilled on the Northern Nicaraguan Rise 2.5.1-315 Modern Physiography of the Northern Nicaraguan Rise 2.5.1-vii Revision 3 Turkey Point Units 6 & 7 COL Application Part 2 — FSAR SUBSECTION 2.5.1 LIST OF FIGURES (CONT.) Number Title 2.5.1-316 Beata Ridge Bathymetry 2.5.1-317 Beta Ridge Tectonic Model 2.5.1-318 Results of GPS-based Plate Coupling Studies 2.5.1-319 Northern and Southern Nicaragua Rise in the Caribbean Sea 2.5.1-320 Modeled Seismogenic Faults near Western Puerto Rico
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