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The Permian Basin comprises several component basins, including the Midland Basin, which is the largest; Delaware Basin, the second largest; and Marfa Basin, the smallest. The Permian Basin covers more than 86,000 square miles (220,000 km 2), [1] and extends across an area approximately 250 miles (400 km) wide and 300 miles (480 km) long. [2]
Permian Basin is in geology the name of two large intercontinental basins that were formed in the Permian period, neither of which are in Perm Krai: . Permian Basin (North America), a basin in the subsurface of the south of the United States, in west Texas and southeast New Mexico
Geology of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, US: National Park Service, archived from the original on 2005-03-07; Localities of the Permian: Glass Mountains, Texas, Berkeley. Hill, Overview of the Geologic History of the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico , vol. 62, Caves. Permian Basin Province (PDF), USGS, archived from the original (PDF) on 2004 ...
The Permian (/ ˈ p ɜːr m i. ə n / PUR-mee-ən) [4] is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period 298.9 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.902 Mya.
The Permian Basin is a geologic region, about 300 miles (480 km) long and 250 miles (400 km) across, which was downwarped during the Permian period. During this time it filled with water and became a sea, while the subsidence continued.
The European Permian Basin is a thick sequence of sedimentary rocks deposited in a large sedimentary basin during the Permian period (from 298.9 to 251.9 million years ago) in Northern Europe. The basin underlies northern Poland , northern Germany , Denmark , the Netherlands , a significant portion of the North Sea to the east coast of England ...
During the Permian, the bonebed was the site of a freshwater pond. After a catastrophic event this became the burial site for a variety of terrestrial and marine animals. [15] As a result, the bonebed contains a cross-section of life during the early Permian. Plant remains found in the bonebed include Calamites, ferns, and conifers. [6]
The name Zechstein was formerly also used as a unit of time in the geologic timescale, but nowadays it is only used for the corresponding sedimentary deposits in Europe. The Zechstein lies on top of the Rotliegend; on top of the Zechstein is the Buntsandstein or Bunter. The Zechstein is associated with the accumulation of large amounts of salt ...