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Title Publication Year Abstract Author Publisher
Geologic map of the Tornillo quadrangle, Texas Geologic map of the Tornillo quadrangle, Texas 1996 Collins, E.W. Bureau of Economic Geology
Geology of the Solitario dome, Trans-Pecos Texas: Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic sedimentation, tectonism, and magmatism Geology of the Solitario dome, Trans-Pecos Texas: Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic sedimentation, tectonism, and magmatism 1996

The Solitario is a circular, 14- to 16-krn-diameter, mid-Tertiary laccolithic dome and caldera in southern Trans-Pecos Texas; it is among the world's largest laccoliths.

Henry, C.D., Muehlberger, W.R., McCormick, C.L., Smith, C.I., Erdlac, R.J., Davis, L.L., Kunk, M.J. Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic map of the Esperanza quadrangle, Texas Geologic map of the Esperanza quadrangle, Texas 1996 Collins, E.W. Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic map of the T P Well quadrangle, Texas Geologic map of the T P Well quadrangle, Texas 1996 Collins, E.W. Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic map of the Whiterock Hills Quadrangle, Texas Geologic map of the Whiterock Hills Quadrangle, Texas 1996 Collins, E.W. Bureau of Economic Geology
Controls on reservoir heterogeneity in Permian shallow-water-platform carbonate reservoirs, Permian Basin: implications for improved recovery Controls on reservoir heterogeneity in Permian shallow-water-platform carbonate reservoirs, Permian Basin: implications for improved recovery 1995

Shallow-water-platform carbonate reservoirs of Permian age have accounted for more than half of the oil production in the Permian Basin, one of the largest oil-producing regions in the United States.

Ruppel, S.C., Kerans, Charles, Major, R.P., Holtz, M.H. Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic map of the Fort Bliss SE Quadrangle, Texas Geologic map of the Fort Bliss SE Quadrangle, Texas 1995 Collins, E.W. Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic map of the Ysleta quadrangle, Texas Geologic map of the Ysleta quadrangle, Texas 1995 Collins, E.W., Raney, J.A. Bureau of Economic Geology
Identification and assessment of remaining oil resources in the Frio fluvial-deltaic sandstone play, south Texas Identification and assessment of remaining oil resources in the Frio fluvial-deltaic sandstone play, south Texas 1995

The Frio Fluvial-Deltaic Sandstone (Vicksburg Fault Zone) play of South Texas has produced nearly 1 billion barrels (Bbbl) of oil since field development began in the 1940's.

Holtz, M.H., McRae, L.E. Bureau of Economic Geology
Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) in Produced Water and Scale from Texas Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Wells Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) in Produced Water and Scale from Texas Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Wells 1995

Water produced from oil, gas, and geothermal reservoirs contains natural radioactivity that ranges from background levels to levels found in uranium mill tailings.

Fisher, R.S. Bureau of Economic Geology