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Geology of Texas. Texas contains a wide variety of geologic settings. The state's stratigraphy has been largely influenced by marine transgressive-regressive cycles during the Phanerozoic, with a lesser but still significant contribution from late Cenozoic tectonic activity, as well as the remnants of a Paleozoic mountain range.
268,581 sq mi (695,620 km 2) Coastline. 367 mi (591 km) Highest point. Guadalupe Peak, 8,749 feet (2,667 m) Lowest point. Gulf of Mexico, sea level. The geography of Texas is diverse and large. Occupying about 7% of the total water and land area of the U.S., [1] it is the second largest state after Alaska, and is the southernmost part of the ...
The Red Beds of Texas and Oklahoma are a group of Early Permian -age geologic strata in the southwestern United States cropping out in north-central Texas and south-central Oklahoma. They comprise several stratigraphic groups, including the Clear Fork Group, the Wichita Group, and the Pease River Group. [1] The Red Beds were first explored by ...
Robert Thomas Hill (August 11, 1858 – July 20, 1941) was a significant figure in the development of American geology during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As a pioneer Texas geologist, Hill discovered and named the Comanche series of the Lower Cretaceous, and was a lifelong student of the structure and stratigraphy of the Cretaceous deposits of Central Texas and neighboring regions.
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 ...
Type of rock. Sedimentary, Igneous. The Franklin Mountains of Texas (Spanish: Sierras de los Mansos[1]) are a small range 23 miles (37 km) long, 3 miles (5 km) wide that extend from El Paso, Texas, north into New Mexico. [2] The Franklins were formed due to crustal extension related to the Cenozoic Rio Grande rift.
Geologic map of Dallas, with Woodbine at left. Woodbine Formation stratigraphic column in Texas. The Woodbine Group is a geological formation in east Texas whose strata date back to the Early to Middle Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous. [1] It is the producing formation of the giant East Texas Oil Field (also known as the "Black Giant ...
If you’re unfamiliar with this event, now is a great time to learn 50 Hispanic Heritage Month facts. Every year, there’s a new theme, and for 2024, it’s “Pioneers of Change: Shaping the ...