Point Comfort Quadrangle, Texas Gulf of Mexico Coast

OFM0235. Geologic Map of the Point Comfort Quadrangle, Texas Gulf of Mexico Coast, by J. G. Paine, E. W. Collins, and Lucy Costard. Oversize geologic map on color topographic base, 2 sheets. Sheet 1 - Map, scale 1:24,000; Sheet 2 - Digital elevation model and time-domain electromagnetic induction soundings. 2018. To purchase this publication as a downloadable PDF, please order OFM0235D.


About This Publication
The Point Comfort quadrangle lies along the northeast margin of Lavaca Bay and includes the Lavaca delta where it progrades into the bay. Similar to the geology of the adjacent Kamey quadrangle, the geology consists of sediments deposited within a Pleistocene fluvial–deltaic system (Beaumont Formation), and Holocene bay–estuary and fluvial–deltaic systems. Holocene geology is dominated by delta-plain deposits of the Lavaca River and Huisache Creek. Other Holocene sediments include alluvium, levee, abandoned levee, bay margin, and bay-margin spit deposits.

Keywords: maps, geologic maps, Point Comfort area, Calhoun County, Jackson County, Gulf of Mexico Coast, Texas


Citation
Paine, J. G., Collins, E. W., and Costard, Lucy, 2018, Geologic Map of the Point Comfort Quadrangle, Texas Gulf of Mexico Coast: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Open-File Map No. 235,  2 sheets. Sheet 1 - Map, scale 1:24,000; Sheet 2 - Digital elevation model and time-domain electromagnetic induction soundings.