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Title Publication Year Abstract Author Publisher
Geologic map of the Guadalupe delta, Texas Gulf of Mexico Coast: Sheet 2-Bloomington SW quadrangle Geologic map of the Guadalupe delta, Texas Gulf of Mexico Coast: Sheet 2-Bloomington SW quadrangle 2013 Collins, E.W., Paine, J.G. Bureau of Economic Geology
Tectonic Map of Texas GIS Data Tectonic Map of Texas GIS Data 2013 Ewing, T.E., Breton, C.L. Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic map of the Guadalupe delta, Texas Gulf of Mexico Coast: Sheet 3-Green Lake quadrangle Geologic map of the Guadalupe delta, Texas Gulf of Mexico Coast: Sheet 3-Green Lake quadrangle 2013 Paine, J.G., Collins, E.W. Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic map of the Guadalupe delta, Texas Gulf of Mexico Coast: Sheet 4-Sea Drift quadrangle Geologic map of the Guadalupe delta, Texas Gulf of Mexico Coast: Sheet 4-Sea Drift quadrangle 2013 Collins, E.W., Paine, J.G. Bureau of Economic Geology
 Wolfberry (Wolfcampian-Leonardian) Deep-Water Depositional Systems in the Midland Basin: Stratigraphy, Lithofacies, Reservoirs, and Source Rocks Wolfberry (Wolfcampian-Leonardian) Deep-Water Depositional Systems in the Midland Basin: Stratigraphy, Lithofacies, Reservoirs, and Source Rocks 2012

The Wolfberry play in West Texas combines favorable geology with innovative completion practices to form one of the largest unconventional oil plays in the United States. Wolfberry wells produced almost 55 million barrels of oil in 2011, and that figure could double in a few years.

 Hamlin, H.S., Baumgardner, R.W., Jr. Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic map of the Nueces Delta-Annaville and Odem quadrangles, Texas Gulf Coast Geologic map of the Nueces Delta-Annaville and Odem quadrangles, Texas Gulf Coast 2012 Paine, J.G., Collins, E.W. Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic map of the Gainesville North quadrangle, Texas Geologic map of the Gainesville North quadrangle, Texas 2012 Collins, E.W. Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic Maps of the Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary Strata, Big Bend National Park, Texas Geologic Maps of the Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary Strata, Big Bend National Park, Texas 2011

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.

 Cooper, R.W. Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic map of the east part of Cleburne, Texas, 30 x 60 minute quadrangle: South Fort Worth-Interstate 35W corridor Geologic map of the east part of Cleburne, Texas, 30 x 60 minute quadrangle: South Fort Worth-Interstate 35W corridor 2011 Collins, E.W., Baumgardner, R.W., Jr. Bureau of Economic Geology
Geoenvironmental map of Matagorda - Matagorda SW quadrangles, Texas Gulf of Mexico Coast Geoenvironmental map of Matagorda - Matagorda SW quadrangles, Texas Gulf of Mexico Coast 2011 Tremblay, T.A., Collins, E.W., Paine, J.G. Bureau of Economic Geology