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Shallow-seismic evidence for playa basin development by dissolution-induced subsidence on the southern High Plains, Texas
Shallow-seismic evidence for playa basin development by dissolution-induced subsidence on the southern High Plains, Texas
Author
Paine, J.G.
Publication Year
1995
Keywords
Dissolution-Induced Subsidence, High Plains, Playa Basins, Seismic
Series
Report of Investigations
Publisher
Bureau of Economic Geology
Abstract

The origin of thousands of playa basins on the Southern High Plains of Texas and New Mexico has been attributed to eolian deflation, evaporite or carbonate dissolution and subsidence, piping, or animal activity.