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Title Publication Year Abstract Author Publisher
Paleontology of the Rustler Formation, Culberson County, Texas Paleontology of the Rustler Formation, Culberson County, Texas 1953

The fossils described in this paper substantiate the Permian age of the Rustler formation. The Rustler fauna is largely molluscan and has a Whitehorse aspect.

Walter, J.C. Bureau of Economic Geology
Tascotal Mesa Quadrangle, Brewster and Presidio Counties, Texas Tascotal Mesa Quadrangle, Brewster and Presidio Counties, Texas 1953 Erickson, R.L. Bureau of Economic Geology
Cretaceous of Llano Estacado of Texas Cretaceous of Llano Estacado of Texas 1953

Rocks of Cretaceous age crop out along the western margins of the deeper playa basins and along the southern and southeastern margins of the Llano Estacado.

Brand, J.P. Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic map of the Morris Ranch quadrangle, Gillespie and Kerr Counties, Texas Geologic map of the Morris Ranch quadrangle, Gillespie and Kerr Counties, Texas 1952 Barnes, V.E. Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic map of the Bear Creek quadrangle, Gillespie, Kerr, and Kendall Counties, Texas Geologic map of the Bear Creek quadrangle, Gillespie, Kerr, and Kendall Counties, Texas 1952 Barnes, V.E. Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic map of the Cain City quadrangle, Gillespie and Kendall Counties, Texas Geologic map of the Cain City quadrangle, Gillespie and Kendall Counties, Texas 1952

Cain City quadrangle is south of the Llano region and is in the marginal portion of the Edwards Plateau where much of the plateau surface has been destroyed by erosion. Northeastward-trending lobes and outliers of the Edwards Plateau are present in the southern part.

Barnes, V.E. Bureau of Economic Geology
Correlation between surface and subsurface sections of the Ellenberger Group of Texas Correlation between surface and subsurface sections of the Ellenberger Group of Texas 1952

The Ellenburger of Texas was first defined as a marine limestone formation of Cambrian and Ordovician age (Paige, 1912), but recently it has been subdivided into several formations and the term Ellenburger given group status (Cloud and Barnes, 1948).

Hendricks, Leo Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic map of the Stonewall quadrangle, Gillespie and Kendall Counties, Texas Geologic map of the Stonewall quadrangle, Gillespie and Kendall Counties, Texas 1952

Stonewall quadrangle is south of the Llano region and is in the marginal portion of the Edwards Plateau where much of the plateau surface has been destroyed by erosion.

Barnes, V.E. Bureau of Economic Geology
Geology of the Blacklands Experimental Watershed, near Waco, Texas Geology of the Blacklands Experimental Watershed, near Waco, Texas 1952

The Blacklands Experimental Watershed, a hydrologic research project of the Soil Conservation Service located about 15 miles southeast of Waco, Texas, is underlain by marls and chalks belonging to the Taylor group of the Gulf series of the Cretaceous system, which, in conformity with the general

Lonsdale, J.T. Bureau of Economic Geology
Boundary of the Pennsylvanian and Permian(?) in the subsurface Scurry reef, Scurry County, Texas Boundary of the Pennsylvanian and Permian(?) in the subsurface Scurry reef, Scurry County, Texas 1952 Heck, W.A., Yenne, K.A., Henbest, L.G. Bureau of Economic Geology