The scene is set. According to Indian legend, when the Great Creator made the earth and had finished placing the stars in the sky, the birds in the air, and the fish in the sea, there was a large pile of rejected stony materials left over.

The Davis Mountains are an erosional remnant of a volcanic field that probably covered 5 to 10 times their present areal extent of approximately 2,000 square miles.

Geologic map that depicts the surface geology of Galveston and Chambers Counties and parts of Waller, Harris, Liberty, Jefferson, Orange, Brazoria, Matagorda, Wharton, and Fort Bend Counties.

Paleoenvironmental analysis of the alternating beds of the basal Cretaceous Glen Rose Formation in Central Texas indicates a cyclical alternation of subtidal through supratidal facies.

Geologic map that depicts the surface geology of Montgomery, San Jacinto, and Hardin Counties and parts of Madison, Trinity, Polk, Tyler, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Jefferson, Liberty, Harris, Waller, Grimes, Walker, and Robertson Counties.

Geologic map that depicts the surface geology of El Paso County and parts of Hudspeth. Jeff Davis, and Culberson Counties, Texas. The 12-page booklet indicates geologic formations, abbreviations, and ages. Published in honor of E.