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Title Publication Year Abstract Author Publisher
Depositional framework of the Lower Dockum Group (Triassic), Texas panhandle Depositional framework of the Lower Dockum Group (Triassic), Texas panhandle 1979

The Upper Triassic Dockum Group of Texas and New Mexico is composed of 200 to 2,000 feet of complexly interrelated terrigenous clastic facies ranging from mudstone to conglomerate.

McGowen, J.H., Granata, G.E., Seni, S.J. Bureau of Economic Geology
South Texas uranium province -- geologic perspective South Texas uranium province -- geologic perspective 1979 Galloway, W.E., Finley, R.J., Henry, C.D. Bureau of Economic Geology
Environmental geology of the Wilcox Group lignite belt, east Texas Environmental geology of the Wilcox Group lignite belt, east Texas 1979

This report provides a data base for decisions about lignite mining and reclamation in the Wilcox Group of East Texas. Kaiser (1974, 1978) estimates that about 12.2 billion short tons of potentially strip-minable lignite resources occur in East and South Texas.

Henry, C.E., Basciano, J.M. Bureau of Economic Geology
Cenozoic Geology of the Trans-Pecos Volcanic Field of Texas Cenozoic Geology of the Trans-Pecos Volcanic Field of Texas 1979 Keller, G.R., Roy, R.F., Duet, N., Graham, R.G., Taylor, B., Daily, Michael, Henry, C.D., Walton, A.W. Bureau of Economic Geology
Depositional patterns of Miocene facies, middle Texas coastal plain Depositional patterns of Miocene facies, middle Texas coastal plain 1979 Doyle, J.D. Bureau of Economic Geology
Depositional and Ground-Water Flow Systems in the Exploration for Uranium Depositional and Ground-Water Flow Systems in the Exploration for Uranium 1979

 In cooperation with several State and Federal agencies, the Bureau of Economic Geology has conducted several projects on the geology, origin, and extent of uranium resources in Texas.

 Galloway, W.E., Kreitler, C.W., McGowen, J.H. Bureau of Economic Geology
Electric Power Generation from Texas Lignite Electric Power Generation from Texas Lignite 1978

Lignite is a rediscovered energy in Texas because lignite-produced energy is 3 to 7 times cheaper than intrastate natural gas. Production has risen from 18,000 short tons in 1950 to 14 million tons in 1976 and will exceed 50 million tons by 1985.

Kaiser, W.R. Bureau of Economic Geology
Sand-body geometry and the occurrence of lignite in the Eocene of Texas Sand-body geometry and the occurrence of lignite in the Eocene of Texas 1978

Lignite occurs in three Eocene stratigraphic units--the Wilcox Group, Yegua Formation, and Jackson Group--and in three ancient depositional systems-fluvial, deltaic, and strandplain/lagoonal.

Kaiser, W.R., Johnston, J.E., Bach, W.N. Bureau of Economic Geology
Texas Energy Reserves and Resources Texas Energy Reserves and Resources 1978

Contributing about 25 percent of all the energy ever produced in the United States, Texas has for 50 years led the nation in energy production.

Fisher, W.L. Bureau of Economic Geology
Proceedings, Gulf Coast Lignite Conference: Geology, Utilization, and Environmental Aspects Proceedings, Gulf Coast Lignite Conference: Geology, Utilization, and Environmental Aspects 1978

Papers in this volume were presented at the Gulf Coast Lignite Conference held in Austin, Texas, June 1976.
Papers were edited, in some cases extensively, and subjectively grouped by discipline, paralleling that of their presentation at the Conference.

 Kaiser, W.R., McNulty, J.E. Bureau of Economic Geology