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The Austin Chalk is an upper Cretaceous geologic formation in the Gulf Coast region of the United States. It is named after type section outcrops near Austin, Texas . The formation is made up of chalk and marl .
Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock.It is a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite and originally formed deep under the sea by the compression of microscopic plankton that had settled to the sea floor.
Cue tip chalk was co-invented in its modern form by straight rail billiard pro William A. Spinks and chemist William Hoskins in 1897. [60] U.S. patent #578,514 for cue chalk was issued to Spinks and Hoskins on March 9, 1897. [61] 1898 Candy corn. Candy corn is a popular treat for American children during Halloween.
The Woodbine Group was first mapped and named by Robert T. Hill, known as the "Father of Texas Geology", for outcrops near the small town of Woodbine, Texas in 1901. [2] The Woodbine represents ancient river and delta systems that originated from erosion of the Ouachita Uplift in modern-day Oklahoma and Arkansas and the Sabine Uplift in modern ...
Chalk is an unincorporated community in Cottle County, in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas , the community had a population of 17 in 2000. History
Possum Kingdom Lake is a man-made reservoir built in the 1940s. Located at the lake is the Morris Sheppard Dam, named after the Texas senator who helped secure funding for the project.
Cretaceous Formations of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Geologic map and the labeled geologic formations that lie directly beneath the surface in Dallas County Cretaceous formations of Texas Where the DFW Metroplex was located during the last super continent known as Pangea Placement of Tectonic Plates and DFW location around ≈94 million years ago The Cretaceous rocks in the DFW Metroplex ...
Crayola Creative Fun Easel Dry Erase and Chalk Board $35 $45 Save $10 This two-sided standing easel has magnetic dry-erase and chalkboard surfaces which include paper clips.