Geology of Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas
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1967
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Maxwell, Ross A.
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University of Texas at Austin. Bureau of Economic Geology
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Accompanied by 12 foldout plates and figures -- Plate 1 : Index map, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. Plate 2 : Geologic map, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. Plate 3 : Structure sections, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. Plate 4 : Geologic map of Persimmon Gap-Dog Canyon area, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. Plate 5 : Structure sections, Persimmon Gap-Dog Canyon area, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. Plate 6 : Stratigraphic sections of Comanchean rocks, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. Plate 7 : Stratigraphic sections of Gulfian rocks, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. Plate 8 : Correlation chart of Cretaceous formations, Brewster, Terrell, and Val Verde counties, Texas. Plate 9 : Stratigraphic sections of Paleocene and Eocene rocks, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. Plate 10 : Stratigraphic sections of Tertiary volcanic rocks, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. Plate 11 : Structural features of Trans-Pecos Texas and northeastern Mexico. Figure 11 : Panoramic view, basin of the Chisos Mountains. Figure 67 : The canoe-shaped syncline from which the name Canoe Formation was taken. Figure 69 : Basalt, tuff, tuffaceous clay, and sandstone conglomerate in the Canoe Formation at the type locality, southeastern Tornillo Flat. Figure 78 : Bee Mountain, the type locality of the Bee Mountain Basalt. Figure 80 : Type locality of the Mule Ear Spring Tuff. Figure 133 : Overturned fold and thrust faults at Dog Canyon. Figure 135 : Terlingua fault escarpment at mouth of Santa Elena Canyon from about 5 miles distance. Figure 146 : Sketch from photographs of panoramic view from south rim of the Chisos Mountains. Figure 148 : Looking southwest across the dipping strata on the flank of the Glenn Springs laccolith, toward Elephant Tusk