Structural cross sections, Tertiary formations, Texas Gulf Coast

Publication Details

Author

Dodge, M.M., Posey, J.S.

Publication Year

1981

Keywords

Gulf Of Mexico, Structural Geology, Tertiary

County

Newton, Live Oak, Walker, Burleson, Tyler, Cherokee, Hidalgo, Jefferson, Washington, Colorado, Starr, San Augustine, Wharton, Wilson, Zavala, San Patricio, La Salle, Nacogdoches, Bastrop, Kenedy, Brooks, McMullen, Waller, Willacy, Fort Bend, Calhoun, Matagorda, Bexar, Jim Wells, Galveston, Brazos, Madison, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, Jasper, Montgomery, Jim Hogg, Polk, Goliad, Leon, Liberty, Fayette, Zapata, Cameron, Hardin, Atascosa, Harris, Austin, Lavaca, Frio, Brazoria, Anderson, Chambers, Duval, Gonzales, Nueces, Grimes, Guadalupe, Jackson, Orange, Webb, Bee, Victoria, Refugio, Angelina, DeWitt, Caldwell, Kleberg, Dimmit, Aransas, Karnes, Lee

Publication Code

CS0002

Series

Cross Sections

Publisher

Bureau of Economic Geology

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Abstract/Description:

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. Tops of formations were chosen by correlations with Wilcox, Vicksburg, and Frio stratigraphic cross sections constructed in previous geothermal investigations. Formations include upper Oligocene to Pleistocene (undifferentiated); Frio; Vicksburg-Jackson (undifferentiated); upper and lower Claiborne (upper Claiborne being the Yegua Formation); and upper, middle, and lower Wilcox. The cross sections are accompanied by a base map showing well locations and a text briefly describing the geologic history of the Tertiary sediments in the Texas Gulf Coast.

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