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Nomenclature Revision of Basal Cretaceous Rocks between the Colorado and Red Rivers, Texas

Abstract
Based on need for convenient, small-scale cartographic units, the basal Cretaceous rocks in Texas from Red River to Burnet County and on the Callahan Divide are herein divided into three distinctive lithologic sequences. These are recognized by changes in facies and by the presence or absence of overlying definitive units and include: (1) North-central Texas sequence overlain by the Glen Rose Formation and characterized by siliceous conglomerates and lack of carbonate units (Twin Mountains Formation) (new name); (2) North Texas and West-central Texas sequences extending beyond pinch-out of the Glen Rose Formation with basal and stratigraphically higher clastics included in a single unit (Antlers Formation); (3) Central Texas sequence overlain by Glen Rose Formation but characterized by carbonate units and coarse, locally derived, limestone and dolomite conglomerates (Travis Peak Formation). The outcrop sequence of North-central Texas grades eastward in the subsurface to a basinal sequence overlain by the Glen Rose Formation and divided into (in ascending order) the Hosston, Sligo, Pearsall, and Hensel Formations. The name Trinity is confusing in its various uses and should be reserved for higher rank units, i.e., Group or Division, where such units are judged necessary and are clearly defined in areal scope as well as vertical sequence.
Authors
William L. Fisher
Peter U. Rodda
Citation

Fisher, W. L., and Rodda, P. U., 1966, Nomenclature Revision of Basal Cretaceous Rocks between the Colorado and Red Rivers, Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Report of Investigations No. 58, 20 p.

Code
RI058
DOI
10.23867/RI0058D
ISSN
2475-367X
Number
58
Number of figures
8
Number of pages
20
Publisher
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology
Series
Report of Investigation
Year
1966

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