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First annual report of the Geological Survey of Texas

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

CONTENTS.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

FIRST
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF TEXAS.
E. T. DUMBLE, State Geologist.

ORGANIZATION.

SCOPE AND PLAN OF THE SURVEY

TOPOGRAPHY.

GEOLOGY.

PLAN OF OPERATIONS.

WORK OF THE FIRST YEAR.

TOPOGRAPHY.

GEOLOGY.

RESULTS.

A REVIEW OF TEXAS GEOLOGY AS DEVELOPED BY THE WORK OF THE SURVEY.

GULF COAST FORMATIONS.

THE CENTRAL BASIN FORMATIONS.

PERSONNEL.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF TEXAS.
REPORTS OF GEOLOGISTS.
1889.

REPORT OF MR. W. VON STREERUWITZ.

REPORT OF MR. W. F. CUMMINS.

REPORT OF MR. R. T. HILL.

GEOGRAPHIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC WORK.

STRATIGRAPHIC WORK.

RECONNOISANCE.

CROSS-SECTION WORK.

ECONOMIC INVESTIGATIONS.

ILLUSTRATION.

OFFICE WORK.

WORK OF ASSISTANTS.

REPORT OF MR. THEO. B. COMSTOCK.

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1889

A
PRELIMINARY REPORT
ON THE
GEOLOGY OF THE GULF TERTIARY OF TEXAS
FROM
RED RIVER TO THE RIO GRANDE. BY
R. A. F. PENROSE, JR.

A
PRELIMINARY REPORT
ON THE
GEOLOGY OF THE GULF TERTIARY OF TEXAS
FROM
RED RIVER TO THE RIO GRANDE.

INTRODUCTION.

DESCRIPTIVE GEOLOGY.

GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY.

STRATIGRAPHY.

BASAL OR WILLS POINT CLAYS.

THE TIMBER BELT OR SABINE RIVER BEDS.

THE FAYETTE BEDS.

POST-TERTIARY DEPOSITS.

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY.

THE IRON ORES OF EAST TEXAS.

A
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
OF
THE CRETACEOUS ROCKS OF TEXAS
AND
THEIR ECONOMIC VALUE.
BY
ROBERT T. HILL, F. G. S. A.

A
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
OF THE
CRETACEOUS ROCKS OF TEXAS AND THEIR ECONOMIC USES.

SYNOPSIS.

I. THE UPPER, OR BLACK PRAIRIE, SERIES.

GEOLOGIC SUBSTRUCTURE OF THE BLACK PRAIRIE REGION.

NO. 1. THE LOWER CROSS TIMBER SANDS.

NO. 2. THE EAGLE FORD CLAY SHALES.

NO. 3. THE WHITE ROCK, OR AUSTIN-DALLAS CHALK.

NO. 4. THE EXOGYRA PONDEROSA MARLS.

NO. 5. THE UPPER ARENACEOUS, OR GLAUCONITIC, DIVISION.

II. THE LOWER, OR COMANCHE, SERIES.

THE FORT WORTH, OR GRAND PRAIRIE.

NO. 1. THE TRINITY SANDS OR UPPER CROSS TIMBERS DIVISION.

NO. 2. THE FREDERICKSBURG DIVISION.

2b. THE COMANCHE PEAK SUBDIVISION.

2c. THE CAPRINA CHALK AND CHALKY LIMESTONE SUBDIVISION.

No. 3. THE WASHITA DIVISION.

STRATIGRAPHY OF THE COMANCHE SERIES IN GENERAL.

DISTURBANCES OF THE STRATA.

GENERAL ECONOMIC FEATURES OF THE CRETACEOUS SYSTEM.

THE
SOUTHERN BORDER
OF THE
CENTRAL COAL FIELD.
BY
W. F. CUMMINS.

THE
SOUTHERN BORDER
OF THE CENTRAL COAL FIELD.

DESCRIPTIVE GEOLOGY.

CRETACEOUS SYSTEM.

CARBONIFEROUS SYSTEM.

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