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pg 007: Geology of the Marathon region, Texas Publication 6445288.

 
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  • Stratigraphy-Continued. Page
    • Triassic (?) system 109
      • Bissett conglomerate 109
        • General features 109
        • Fossils and age 110
        • Stratigraphic relations 110
    • Post-Bissett and pre-Cretaceous time interval 110
    • Cretaceous system 110
      • General features 110
      • Lower Cretaceous (Comanche) series 112
        • Trinity group Rose formation 112
          • Glen Rose formation 112
            • General features 112
            • Local features 112
              • East side of Marathon Basin 112
              • South side of Marathon Basin 112
              • West side of Marathon Basin 113
          • Maxon sandstone 113
            • General features 113
            • Local features 114
            • Age of the formation 114
        • Fredericksburg group 114
          • Walnut and Comanche Peak formations 114
            • General features 114
            • Local features 114
          • Edwards limestone 115
        • Washita group 115
          • Georgetown limestone 115
          • Del Rio shale and Buda limestone 115
      • Upper Cretaceous (Gulf) series 116
        • Eagle Ford formation 116
        • Possible higher beds 116
    • Quaternary system 116
      • General features 116
      • Gravel deposits 116
      • Alluvium 117
    • Igneous rocks 117
      • Volcanic rocks 117
      • Intrusive rocks 117
  • Structural geology 118
    • General features 118
    • Marathon Basin 119
      • General features 119
      • Marathon anticlinorium (including Dugout Creek area) 120
        • General features 120
        • Exposures of the Dugout Creek overthrust 120
        • Structure of the overridden rocks 121
        • Faults of the overriding block 121
        • Folds of the overriding block 122
      • Peña Colorada synclinorium 122
        • General features 122
        • Synclinal area south of Monument Spring 123
        • Simpson Springs and East Bourland Mountain 123
        • Woods Hollow Mountains 123
      • Dagger Flat anticlinorium 123
        • General features 123
        • Structural features of the older rocks 124
        • Folding in the younger rocks 124
        • Folded overthrusts in the younger rocks 124
        • Tear faults in the younger rocks 128
        • Ridges southeast of the anticlinorium 128
      • Synclinorial area between Tesnus and Gap Tank 128
        • General features 128
        • Folds 129
        • Faults 129
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