Basic geologic, hydrologic and engineering criteria on which selection of sanitary landfill sites should be based include (1) thickness, excavation characteristics, permeability, solution-holding capacity, and reactivity of host and cover materials; (2) hydrologic properties including depth to wa

Fresh-water pond deposits at Ingleside, San Patricio County, Texas, have yielded a large Pleistocene vertebrate fauna. The bones are derived from calcareous sands and marls which overlie a marine lagoonal clay. The locality is located just west of the axis of Live Oak Ridge.

A resource capability unit is an environmental entity--land, water, area of active process, or biota--defined in terms of the nature, degree of activity, or use it can sustain without losing an acceptable level of environmental quality.

A study of Gum Hollow delta, a modern fan delta along the north shore of Nueces Bay, Texas, was undertaken to determine the mechanics of fan development and the relationships between sedimentary processes and structures.

At 10 pm (CDT) on Friday, July 31, 1970, a tropical squall struck the western tip of Cuba causing property damage and the loss of 5 lives. Twelve hours later at 10 am (CDT), Saturday, August 1, the tropical depression had moved 150 miles northwest and had intensified into Tropical Storm Celia.

This report is a compilation of all available data on mineral resources (exclusive of oil and gas) in 39 south Texas counties. Information from published and unpublished sources was checked and supplemented by field investigations.

These circulars issued from the Bureau of Economic Geology contain the record of cores and cuttings from well received and described in the Bureau.