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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
Styles of deformation in Permian strata, Texas panhandle Styles of deformation in Permian strata, Texas panhandle 1984

Permian strata in the Texas Panhandle exhibit a variety of deformation styles that are attributed to tectonic stresses as well as to collapse caused by evaporite dissolution. At Caprock Canyons State Park, deformation structures above salt dissolution zones include veins, faults, and folds.

Collins, E.W. Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic Atlas of Texas, Dalhart sheet Geologic Atlas of Texas, Dalhart sheet 1984

Oversize color geologic map that depicts the surface geology of Dallam County and parts of Sherman, Moore, and Hartley Counties, Texas. The 6-page booklet indicates geologic formations, abbreviations, and ages.

Barnes, V.E., Eifler, G.K., Fay, R.O., Trauger, F.D., Lappala E.G., Johnson, G.S., Hood, H.C., Stagges, D Bureau of Economic Geology
Geology of Monahans Sandhills State Park, Texas Geology of Monahans Sandhills State Park, Texas 1984

Sand dunes at Monahans Sandhills State Park display a variety of dune forms that develop under a unique trimodal wind regime. Large expanses of unvegetated sand form akle dunes having reversing slip faces.

Machenberg, M.D. Bureau of Economic Geology
Cotton Valley (Upper Jurassic) and Hosston (Lower Cretaceous) depositional systems and their influence on salt tectonics in the east Texas basin Cotton Valley (Upper Jurassic) and Hosston (Lower Cretaceous) depositional systems and their influence on salt tectonics in the east Texas basin 1984

Correct interpretation of the effect of basin infilling on salt mobilization is critical to understanding salt dome growth and stability. The size of salt structures in the East Texas Basin is determined by the original thickness of the underlying Louann Salt (Middle Jurassic).

McGowen, M.K., Harris, D.W. Bureau of Economic Geology
Historical shoreline changes in Corpus Christi, Oso, and Nueces Bays, Texas Gulf coast Historical shoreline changes in Corpus Christi, Oso, and Nueces Bays, Texas Gulf coast 1984

Changes in the position and stability of shorelines around Corpus Christi, Oso, and Nueces Bays, Texas Gulf Coast, were documented using historical-monitoring techniques.

Morton, R.A., Paine, J.G., Robinson, D.E. Bureau of Economic Geology
Depositional systems and structural controls of Hackberry Sandstone reservoirs in southeast Texas Depositional systems and structural controls of Hackberry Sandstone reservoirs in southeast Texas 1984

Deep-water sandstones of the Oligocene-age Hackberry unit of the Frio Formation contain significant quantities of oil and gas and remain potentially one of the most productive exploration targets in southeast Texas.

Ewing, T.E., Reed, R.S. Bureau of Economic Geology
Geology and Engineering Characteristics of Selected Low-Permeability Gas Sandstones: A National Survey Geology and Engineering Characteristics of Selected Low-Permeability Gas Sandstones: A National Survey 1984

Thirty-one low-permeability gas-bearing sandstones in 15 sedimentary basins were surveyed to delineate the major depositional systems and associated facies of each stratigraphic unit.

Finley, R.J. Bureau of Economic Geology
Sedimentary record of Cretaceous and Tertiary salt movement, east Texas basin:  times, rates, and volumes of salt flow and their implications for nuclear waste isolation and petroleum exploration Sedimentary record of Cretaceous and Tertiary salt movement, east Texas basin: times, rates, and volumes of salt flow and their implications for nuclear waste isolation and petroleum exploration 1984

Post-Aptian strata (younger than 112 ma) in the East Texas Basin were strongly influenced by halokinesis and recorded the evolution associated sate structures.

Seni, S.J., Jackson, M.P.A. Bureau of Economic Geology