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Natural Strain in Diapiric and Glacial Rock Salt, with Emphasis on Oakwood Dome, East Texas Natural Strain in Diapiric and Glacial Rock Salt, with Emphasis on Oakwood Dome, East Texas 1985

Structural styles in the gravity-driven, ductile flow processes of glaciers and diapirs are analyzed. When dampened by rainfall, salt glaciers flow rapidly under minute differential stress.

Jackson, M.P.A. Bureau of Economic Geology
The Wilcox Group and Carrizo Sand (Paleogene) in east-central Texas:  depositional systems and deep-basin lignite The Wilcox Group and Carrizo Sand (Paleogene) in east-central Texas: depositional systems and deep-basin lignite 1985 Ayers Jr., W.B., Lewis, A.H., Bissett, F.H., Mazza, D.B., Prouty, D.A., Reutter, D.C., Sutley, A.M. Bureau of Economic Geology
Reservoir facies architecture in a microtidal barrier system -- Frio Formation, Texas Gulf Coast Reservoir facies architecture in a microtidal barrier system -- Frio Formation, Texas Gulf Coast 1985

Sandstone reservoirs deposited in microtidal barrier systems contain large oil and gas reserves in several Gulf Coast Basin plays.

Galloway, W.E., Cheng, E.S. Bureau of Economic Geology
Origin of silver-copper-lead deposits in red-bed sequences of Trans-Pecos Texas:  Tertiary mineralization in Precambrian, Permian, and Cretaceous sandstones Origin of silver-copper-lead deposits in red-bed sequences of Trans-Pecos Texas: Tertiary mineralization in Precambrian, Permian, and Cretaceous sandstones 1985

Silver deposits occur in Precambrian, Permian, and Cretaceous red-bed sequences near Van Horn, Texas. These deposits are geochemically similar and contain economically important quantities of silver, copper, and lead, as well as anomalously high amounts of arsenic, zinc, cadmium, and molybdenum.

Price, J.G., Henry, C.D., Standen, A.R., Posey, J.S. Bureau of Economic Geology
Structural cross sections, Miocene series, Texas continental shelf Structural cross sections, Miocene series, Texas continental shelf 1985

These cross sections numerically correspond to previously published onshore cross sections (CS0002--Dodge and Posey, 1981) and extend those sections across the continental shelf into the Miocene, a recent target of renewed petroleum exploration.

Morton, R.A., Jirik, L.A., Foote, R.Q. Bureau of Economic Geology
Facies architecture and production characteristics of strand-plain reservoirs in the Frio Formation, Texas Facies architecture and production characteristics of strand-plain reservoirs in the Frio Formation, Texas 1985

Many modern shore zones comprise a continuum of depositional environments that encompass both strandplain and barrier-island systems. Strandplains are further subdivided into two classes: sand-rich beach-ridge plains and mud-rich chenier plains.

Tyler, Noel, Ambrose, W.A. Bureau of Economic Geology
Texas lignite -- status and outlook to 2000 Texas lignite -- status and outlook to 2000 1985 Kaiser, W.R., Sutley, A.M. Bureau of Economic Geology
The Guadalupe - Lavaca - San Antonio - Nueces River basins regional study:  San Antonio East - Llano East sheets The Guadalupe - Lavaca - San Antonio - Nueces River basins regional study: San Antonio East - Llano East sheets 1985 Wermund, E.G., Gustavson, T.C., Garner, L.E., Morton, R.A., Woodruff, C.M., Jr., Macpherson, G.L., McKinney, L., Nilsson, J. Bureau of Economic Geology
Stratigraphy and petroleum potential of pre-Pennsylvanian rocks, Palo Duro basin, Texas panhandle Stratigraphy and petroleum potential of pre-Pennsylvanian rocks, Palo Duro basin, Texas panhandle 1985

Pre-Pennsylvanian rocks in the Palo Duro Basin include (1) basal transgressive marine Cambrian(?) sandstones deposited over Precambrian basement, (2) overlying Lower Ordovician dolomites of the Ellenburger Group that formed when shallow seas covered much of the North American continent, and(3) Mi

Ruppel, S.C. Bureau of Economic Geology
The Guadalupe - Lavaca - San Antonio - Nueces River basins regional study:  Seguin West - Austin West sheets The Guadalupe - Lavaca - San Antonio - Nueces River basins regional study: Seguin West - Austin West sheets 1985 Wermund, E.G., Gustavson, T.C., Morton, R.A., Woodruff, C.M., Jr., Macpherson, G.L., McKinney, L., Nilsson, J., Waddell, C.T. Bureau of Economic Geology