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Spatial variability in unsaturated flow beneath playa and adjacent interplaya settings and implications for contaminant transport, southern High Plains, Texas Spatial variability in unsaturated flow beneath playa and adjacent interplaya settings and implications for contaminant transport, southern High Plains, Texas 1997

Analysis of spatial variability in unsaturated flow is critical to evaluating contaminant transport in areas of focused or preferential flow. This study examined spatial variability at a variety of scales from focused flow through playas to preferential flow in macropores.

Scanlon, B.R., Goldsmith, R.S., Mullican, W.F. Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic map of the Texas Mountain quadrangle, Texas Geologic map of the Texas Mountain quadrangle, Texas 1997 Collins, E.W. Bureau of Economic Geology
The Application of a Coalbed Methane Producibility Model in Defining Coalbed Methane Exploration Fairways and Sweet Spots: Examples from the San Juan, Sand Wash, and Piceance Basins The Application of a Coalbed Methane Producibility Model in Defining Coalbed Methane Exploration Fairways and Sweet Spots: Examples from the San Juan, Sand Wash, and Piceance Basins 1997

This report applies a basin-scale coalbed methane producibility model in defining fairways and sweet spots in three coal basins in the United States.

Tyler, Roger, Scott, A.R., Kaiser, W.R., McMurry, R.G. Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic map of the Timber Creek Quadrangle, Texas Geologic map of the Timber Creek Quadrangle, Texas 1997 Collins, E.W. Bureau of Economic Geology
Quaternary faults within intermontane basins of northwest Trans-Pecos Texas and Chihuahua, Mexico Quaternary faults within intermontane basins of northwest Trans-Pecos Texas and Chihuahua, Mexico 1997

This report details the occurrence, geometries, scarp morphology, and paleorupture histories of Quaternary faults of northwest Trans-Pecos Texas and northern Chihuahua, Mexico.

Collins, E.W., Raney, J.A. Bureau of Economic Geology
Tectonic Map of Texas Tectonic Map of Texas 1997 University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic map of the Twin Hollow Quadrangle, Texas Geologic map of the Twin Hollow Quadrangle, Texas 1997 Collins, E.W. Bureau of Economic Geology
Conceptual Breakthroughs in Salt Tectonics: A Historical Review, 1856-1993 Conceptual Breakthroughs in Salt Tectonics: A Historical Review, 1856-1993 1997

This report subjectively reviews the chief conceptual breakthroughs in understanding salt tectonics. Each discovery and its implications are presented as simply as possible.

Jackson, M.P.A. Bureau of Economic Geology
Down to earth at McKinney Falls State Park, Texas Down to earth at McKinney Falls State Park, Texas 1997

Written in an informal style for a nontechnical audience, this guide summarizes geologic features and history of McKinney Falls State Park, just south of Austin, Texas.

 Raney, J.A. Bureau of Economic Geology
Extent, Mass, and Duration of Hydrocarbon Plumes from Leaking Petroleum Storage Tank Sites in Texas Extent, Mass, and Duration of Hydrocarbon Plumes from Leaking Petroleum Storage Tank Sites in Texas 1997

Of the more than 19,000 documented leaking petroleum storage tank (LPST) sites in Texas, more than 6,000 have impacted ground water and resulted in fuel hydrocarbon (FHC) plumes.

Mace, R.E., Fisher, S.R., Welch, D.M., Parra, S.P. Bureau of Economic Geology