Geologic Maps of the Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary Strata, Big Bend National Park

MM0050. Geologic Maps of the Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary Strata, Big Bend National Park, Texas. R. W. Cooper, Coordinator. Five oversize color map sheets and one cross section sheet (scale 1:24,000), 2011.


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About This Publication
This six-sheet set of oversize colorful geologic maps and cross sections presents new interpretations on the outcrop pattern and complex structure within the Upper Cretaceous Del Rio, Buda, Boquillas, Pen, Aguja, Javelina, and Cretaceous-Tertiary Black Peaks Formations of Big Bend National Park. The maps show many of the popular areas for tourist (and field-trip) visitation within the park.

The geologic map set complements, and in some cases updates, other Bureau publications about the geology of Big Bend National Park, such as GB0007 (The Big Bend of the Rio Grande, a Guide to the Rocks, Landscape, Geologic History, and Settlers of the Area of Big Bend National Park), GQ0054 (Structural Geology of Sierra del Carmen, Trans-Pecos, Texas), MM0046 (Geologic Map of the Glenn Spring Quadrangle, Big Bend National Park,Texas), and MM0048 (Geologic Map of Mariscal Mountain, Big Bend National Park,Texas).


Keywords: cross sections, maps, geologic maps, Aguja Formation, Boquillas Formation, Buda Formation, Black Peaks Formation, Dagger Flat quadrangle, Bone Spring quadrangle, Javelina Formation, Pen Formation, McKinney Springs quadrangle, Rio Grande Village quadrangle, Roys Peak quadrangle, San Vicente quadrangle, Solis quadrangle, Cretaceous, Tertiary, Big Bend National Park, parks, national parks, Texas, West Texas


CONTENTS (not available separately)

Sheet 1. Geology of the Boquillas Formation and Related Cretaceous Rocks in the Dagger Flat and Bone Spring Quadrangles, Big Bend National Park, Texas, by Roger W. Cooper, Dee Ann Cooper, James B. Stevens, and Margaret S. Stevens

Sheet 2. Geology of the McKinney Springs Quadrangle, Big Bend National Park, Texas by Roger W. Cooper, Thomas M. Lehman, James B. Stevens, Margaret S. Stevens, and Dee Ann Cooper

Sheet 3. Geology of the Roys Peak Quadrangle, Big Bend National Park, Texas by Roger W. Cooper, James B. Stevens, Margaret S. Stevens, Dee Ann Cooper, and Thomas M. Lehman

Sheet 4. Geology of the San Vicente Quadrangle and Part of the Rio Grande Village Quadrangle, Big Bend National Park, Texas, by Thomas M. Lehman, Roger W. Cooper, James B. Stevens, Margaret S. Stevens, and Dee Ann Cooper

Sheet 5. Geology of the Solis Quadrangle, Big Bend National Park, Texas, by Thomas M. Lehman, Roger W. Cooper, James B. Stevens, Margaret S. Stevens, and Dee Ann Cooper

Sheet 6. Cross Sections of Big Bend National Park, Texas, by Roger W. Cooper and Dee Ann Cooper

Citation
Cooper, R. W., Coordinator, 2011, Geologic Maps of the Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary Strata, Big Bend National Park, Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Miscellaneous Map No. 50, map scale 1:24,000.