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Three-dimensional seismic interpretations of Miocene strata in Vermilion and South Marsh Island areas, Gulf of Mexico
(Texas Tech University, 2004-08)
The Louisiana continental shelf is the most prolific offshore hydrocarbon province in the nation. Siliciclastic Miocene strata in south Louisiana and the northern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf is the most productive ...
Geology and petrology of Cretaceous and Tertiary granitic rocks, Lamoille Canyon, Ruby Mountains, Nevada
(Texas Tech University, 1999-05)
Lamoille Canyon cuts through the northern Ruby Mountain metamorphic core complex and exposes the deep interior, which is characterized by highly metamorphosed miogeoclinal sedimentary rocks and various late Cretaceous and ...
Environments of deposition and diagenesis of the Upper Clear Fork Group, Yoakum County, Texas
(Texas Tech University, 1987-08)
This project provides an Interpretation of the depositional environments, diagenesls, and resultant porosity relationships within the upper Clear Pork of Yoakum County, Texas. Of primary interest to this investigation Is ...
Classification and characterization of recently buried soils in the southern High Plains
(Texas Tech University, 2002-08)
The Southern High Plains is an extensive plateau, which lacks any major topographic variation. ReUef is provided locally by several types of landforms on the otherwise flat landscape of the Southern High Plains. Dunes, ...
Magmatism associated with extension, Harrison Pass Pluton, Ruby Mountains, Nevada
(Texas Tech University, 1996-08)
The objectives of this study are: (1) to describe in detail the Tertiary rock units exposed in the Harrison Pass pluton, (2) to use geochemical and isotopic data to constrain the petrogenesis of Tertiary granitic rocks in ...
Stratigraphic and environmental study of Chispa Summit Formation Upper Cretaceous
(Texas Tech University, 1969-05)
Rocks of Cenomanian and Turonian age in the northern Tierra Vieja Mountains, West Texas, consist of thick shale and flaggy limestone and sandstone interbeds. Evidence obtained through the study of microfossils and ammonites ...
Petrology of late Cretaceous and Cenozoic grantic rocks, East Humboldt Range, northeastern Nevada
(Texas Tech University, 1999-05)
Cordilleran metamorphic core complexes form a discontinuous belt along the eastem North Amerícan CordiIIera from southem Canada to northwestem Mexico (Coney, 1980). Previous studies suggested that the age and tectonic ...
Petrography of the middle and upper Holder Formation (Upper Pennsylvanian), Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico
(Texas Tech University, 1985-12)
The middle and upper Holder formation (Upper Pennsylvanian), Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico, comprises terrigenous and carbonate facies that accumulated on a narrow open to restricted marine shelf. Differential subsidence ...
The geological evolution of the Paraguayan Chaco
(Texas Tech University, 1991-08)
The main objective of this study is to reconstruct the geologic evolution of the Paraguayan Chaco. The Paraguayan Chaco occupies an area of approximately 240 thousand km^, and is part of a string of modem foreland basins ...
Low grade metamorphic rocks of the Ruppert and Hobbs coasts of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
(Texas Tech University, 1979-05)
Low grade metamorphic rocks exposed on the Ruppert Coast and Hobbs Coast are classified into two lithostratigraphic units. Herein the lower portion is named the Wilkins Nunatak Group and the upper portion is termed the ...