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  • 23. General geologic map and sections of Marathon uplift In pocket
  • 24. Geologic map of Monument Spring and Marathon quadrangles In pocket
  • FIGURE
    • 1. Index map of trans-Pecos Texas showing location of Marathon region 2
    • 2. Views of the Marathon Basin from the escarpments on the east and west 9
    • 3. Sections of the Cretaceous escarpments on the east and south sides of the Marathon Basin 10
    • 4. Map showing deposits of gravel on the uplands east of the Marathon region 10
    • 5. Block diagrams of the escarpments on the west side of the Marathon Basin 12
    • 6. Block diagrams of three anticlinal mountains in the Marathon Basin, showing forms displayed during the course of their erosion 14
    • 7. Block diagram of the alluvial fan of Antelope Creek, at the base of the Del Norte Mountains 17
    • 8. Section across northeast part of Dagger Flat area showing the four erosion surfaces typical of the MarathonBasin 17
    • 9. Maps showing possible stream history in the south half of the Marathon Basin 18
    • 10. Section through Threemile Hill, showing relation of Dagger Flat sandstone to younger beds 23
    • 11. Sketches showing structural features in the Marathon limestone 27
    • 12. Section in bed of Alsate Creek showing sequence and structure of part of the Ordovician rocks 29
    • 13. Sketches showing structural features in the Maravillas chert 37
    • 14. Section across novaculite ridge at picnic grounds south of old Fort Pea Colorada 38
    • 15. Thin sections of pre-Carboniferous cherts and novaculites 40
    • 16. Hypothetical block diagram showing probable geography of the Marathon region in Ordovician time 44
    • 17. Sketch of ripple marks in Caballos novaculite 49
    • 18. Sections of lower part of Tesnus formation along Rough Creek, in southeastern part of Marathon Basin 58
    • 19. Section across middle part of Devils Backbone, showing structure and relations of white quartzite beds in Tesnus formation 58
    • 20. Sections between East and West Bourland Mountains, showing structural features in Tesnus formation 59
    • 21. Structure section across southern part of Payne Hills 60
    • 22. Sketch showing structural features of the Haymond beds in a bank of San Francisco Creek 67
    • 23. Structure sections of boulder bed of Haymond formation 67
    • 24. Sections showing stratigraphy and structure of the Haymond beds at the fossil-plant locality on Dugout Creek 69
    • 25. Thin section of the mudstone matrix of the boulder bed 71
    • 26. Plan of part of outcrop of boulder bed, showing how large limestone boulders might be interpreted as parts of a single stratum of limestone 90
    • 27. Hypothetical section between exposures of boulder-bed member of Haymond formation and Hells Half Acre fault, showing possible source of boulders 91
    • 28. Stratigraphic diagram of Permian rocks in the Glass Mountains 93
    • 29. Map of trans-Pecos Texas showing structural features of Permian time 108
    • 30. Map of trans-Pecos Texas showing progressive northeastward overlap of Comanche series 111
    • 31. Restoration of structural features in the younger rocks of the Dagger Flat anticlinorium 126
    • 32. Sections of Caballos novaculite in Warwick Hills, showing change in thickness of members and its relation to the Warwick overthrust 133
    • 33. Diagram showing estimates of crustal shortening in different parts of the Marathon Basin 133
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