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Fluvial and eolian depositional systems, paleosols, and paleoclimate of the Upper Cenozoic Ogallala and Blackwater Draw Formations, southern High Plains, Texas and New Mexico
Fluvial and eolian depositional systems, paleosols, and paleoclimate of the Upper Cenozoic Ogallala and Blackwater Draw Formations, southern High Plains, Texas and New Mexico
Author
Gustavson, T.C.
Publication Year
1996
Keywords
Blackwater Draw, Cenozoic, High Plains, New Mexico, Ogallala Formation
Series
Report of Investigations
Publisher
Bureau of Economic Geology
Abstract

This report summarizes results of a study based on outcrop and subsurface data that establishes a regional stratigraphic framework for assessments of the Ogallala and related aquifers.

Geology of the Solitario dome, Trans-Pecos Texas: Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic sedimentation, tectonism, and magmatism
Geology of the Solitario dome, Trans-Pecos Texas: Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic sedimentation, tectonism, and magmatism
Author
Henry, C.D., Muehlberger, W.R., McCormick, C.L., Smith, C.I., Erdlac, R.J., Davis, L.L., Kunk, M.J.
Publication Year
1996
Keywords
Cenozoic, Magmatism, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Sedimentology, Solitario, Tectonics, Trans-Pecos
Series
Report of Investigations
Publisher
Bureau of Economic Geology
Abstract

The Solitario is a circular, 14- to 16-krn-diameter, mid-Tertiary laccolithic dome and caldera in southern Trans-Pecos Texas; it is among the world's largest laccoliths.