Cenozoic deposits of southeastern New Mexico and an outline of the history of evaporite dissolution
Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey
By: George O. Bachman
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Abstract
Sedimentary records of Cenozoic history in southeastern New Mexico begin with the Ogallala Formation of Miocene and Pliocene age. Later records include the Gatuna Formation of early or middle Pleistocene age, Mescalero caliche, an informal term, of middle Pleistocene age, and fluvial deposits of late Pleistocene age but there are many gaps in the record. The modern landscape is the result of erosion and deposition in climates that have ranged from semihumid to semiarid as well as dissolution of soluble rocks in Permian formations in the subsurface. This dissolution may have begun as early as Jurassic time and has continued intermittently to the present.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Cenozoic deposits of southeastern New Mexico and an outline of the history of evaporite dissolution |
| Series title | Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 1976 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | 15 p. |
| First page | 135 |
| Last page | 149 |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
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