Publications in Willacy
Title | Publication Year | Abstract | Author | Series | Publisher | |
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Structural cross sections, Tertiary formations, Texas Gulf Coast | 1981 | The publication comprises 24 structural dip cross sections, spaced 15 to 20 mi apart along the Texas coast, and 4 structural strike cross sections. Dip sections extend from near the Wilcox outcrop to the coastline. |
Dodge, M.M., Posey, J.S. | Cross Sections | Bureau of Economic Geology |
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Structural cross sections, Miocene series, Texas continental shelf | 1985 | These cross sections numerically correspond to previously published onshore cross sections (CS0002--Dodge and Posey, 1981) and extend those sections across the continental shelf into the Miocene, a recent target of renewed petroleum exploration. |
Morton, R.A., Jirik, L.A., Foote, R.Q. | Cross Sections | Bureau of Economic Geology |
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Environmental geologic Atlas of the Texas coastal zone -- Brownsville-Harlingen area | 1980 | The Texas Coastal Zone is marked by diversity in geography, resources, climate, and industry. |
Brown, L.F., Jr., Brewton, J.L., Evans, T.J., McGowen, J.H., White, W.A., Groat, C.G., Fisher, W.L. | Environmental Geologic Atlas of the Texas Coastal Zone | Bureau of Economic Geology |
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Geologic Atlas of Texas, McAllen-Brownsville sheet | 1976 | Geologic map that depicts surface geology of Starr, Hidalgo, Willacy, and Cameron Counties and parts of Zapata, Jim Hogg, Brooks, and Kenedy Counties. |
Barnes, V.E., Humble Oil and Refining Co., Shell Oil Co., Mobil Oil Co., Owens, Frith, Brewton, J.L., Aronow, Saul, Martin, R.G. | Geologic Atlas of Texas | Bureau of Economic Geology |
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Padre Island National Seashore -- a guide to the geology, natural environments, and history of a Texas barrier island | 1980 | For the past decade, geologists at the Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, have prepared various maps of the Texas Coastal Zone. |
Weise, B.R., White, W.A. | Guidebook | Bureau of Economic Geology |
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Resource Capability Units: Their Utility in Land- and Water-Use Management with Examples from the Texas Coastal Zone | 1971 | 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. |
Brown, L.F., Jr., Fisher, W.L., Erxleben, A.W., McGowen, J.H. | Geological Circular | Bureau of Economic Geology |
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Evaluation of Sanitary Landfill Sites, Texas Coastal Zone: Geologic and Engineering Criteria | 1972 | 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 |
Brown, L.F., Jr., Fisher, W.L., Malina, J.F. | Geological Circular | Bureau of Economic Geology |
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Depositional-Episodes: Their Relationship to the Quaternary Stratigraphic Framework in the Northwestern Portion of the Gulf Basin | 1974 | The stratigraphic record yields evidence that each episode of clastic silicate deposition has been of limited duration and that each has been preceded and followed by a significant hiatus. |
Frazier, D.E. | Geological Circular | Bureau of Economic Geology |
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Geothermal resources, Frio Formation, South Texas | 1974 | A preliminary study of the Frio sand distribution and formation temperatures and pressures was undertaken in order to define prospective areas in which a more detailed reservoir analysis is necessary prior to the selection of a site for a geothermal well. |
Bebout, D.G., Dorfman, M.H., Agagu, O.K., Granata, G.E., Sanders, G.B. | Geological Circular | Bureau of Economic Geology |
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Shoreline changes on Brazos Island and south Padre Island (Mansfield Channel to north of the Rio Grande) -- an analysis of historical changes of the Texas Gulf shoreline | 1975 | Historical monitoring along Brazos and south Padre Islands records the nature and magnitude of changes in position of the shoreline and vegetation line and provides insight into the factors affecting those changes. |
Morton, R.A., Pieper, M.J. | Geological Circular | Bureau of Economic Geology |