Geology and depositional environments of the Guadalupian rocks of the northern Del Norte Mountains, West Texas
Smithsonian Contributions to Earth Sciences
By: S.F. Rudine, B. R. Wardlaw, D.M. Rohr, and R.E. Grant
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Abstract
The Guadalupian rocks of the northern Del Norte Mountains were deposited in a foreland basin between land of the Marathon orogen and a carbonate shoal established on the geanticline separating the foreland basin from the Delaware basin. Deposition was alternately influenced by coarse clastic input from the orogen and carbonate shoal, which interrupted shallow basinal siltstone depletion. Relatively deeper-water deposition is characterized by carbonate input from the shoal, and relatively shallow-water deposition is characterized by sandstone input from the orogen. Deposition was in five general transgressive-regressive packages that include (1) the Road Canyon Formation and the first siltstone member and first sandstone member of the Word Formation, (2) the second siltstone member, Appel Ranch Member, and limy sandy siltstone member of the Word Formation, (3) the Vidrio Formation, (4) the lower and part of the middle members of the Altuda Formation, and (5) part of the middle and upper members of the Altuda Formation.
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Rudine, S., Wardlaw, B.R., Rohr, D., and Grant, R., 2000, Geology and depositional environments of the Guadalupian rocks of the northern Del Norte Mountains, West Texas: Smithsonian Contributions to Earth Sciences, v. 32, p. 291-312.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Geology and depositional environments of the Guadalupian rocks of the northern Del Norte Mountains, West Texas |
| Series title | Smithsonian Contributions to Earth Sciences |
| Volume | 32 |
| Year Published | 2000 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press |
| Description | 22 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Smithsonian Contributions to Earth Sciences |
| First page | 291 |
| Last page | 312 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| Other Geospatial | Del Norte Mountains |