Bureau of Economic Geology Publications

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University of Texas Bulletins and Publications
* QE 167 U558 Geology Library

The Bureau of Economic Geology began its Publications series as part of the University of Texas Bulletin and Publications series in 1915. These were issued in the years prior to 1968, when B.E.G. Publications ceased.

Numbering varies. The earliest of the series were numbered consecutively, but in 1917 the numbering was changed to signify the year and bulletin number - thus UT Bulletin 3232 was published in 1932, and was the 32nd bulletin published that year. Publications succeed the Bulletin series. They begin with the 1938 publishing year using the same numbering system. Publication 6711 was the last of this series.

This is the major contemporary publication series of the Bureau of Economic Geology. It began in 1946 and continues today.

This series includes shorter contributions to the literature, including some reprints of special interest. It began in 1965 and continues today. Numbering (for example, 85-2) reflects year and item number.

This series began in 1958, includes guidebooks to a variety of geologically interesting sites in Texas.

This series began in 1930, and since MRC77, 1983, has issued only the title Mineral Industry of Texas (year), a reprint from the annual U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Yearbook.

These items are based on WPA work, published from 1936-1943, and are all now out of print, available for the cost of copies from the Bureau.

Limitations of the Earth: a compelling focus for geology. 1967
* 553 L629 Geology Library

Oil and Water: related resource problems of the Southwest. 1965
* TD 427 P4 S95 1965 Geology Library

Proceedings, Fourth Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals. 1969
* 553.68 F779p 1968 Geology Library

Towards a National Policy on Energy Resources and Mineral Plant Foods. 1972
* HD 9506 U66 E4 Geology Library

HB1: Aids to Identification of Geological Formations. 1918
* 550.2 Ud29 Geology Library

HB2: Sulfur in Texas. 1971
* 338.2766 El59s Geology Library

HB3: Fluorspar in Texas. 1974
* TN 948 F6 Geology Library

HB4: Bituminous Coal in Texas. 1974
* TN 805 T4 E825 Geology Library

HB5: Handbook for Logging Carbonate Rocks. 1984
* QE 389.61 B2 Geology Library

Environmental Geologic Atlas of the Texas Coastal Zone
A seven-volume set covering the Texas Shoreline, published between 1972 and 1980.

Bay City -- Freeport	* G 1372 C6 E55 1976 GEOL
Beaumont -- Port Arthur	* QE 168 B42 T41 GEOL
Brownsville -- Harlingen	* QE 168 B88 E61 GEOL
Corpus Christi	* QE 168 C7 E6 GEOL
Galveston -- Houston	* QE 168 G2 T4 GEOL
Kingsville	* QE 168 K56 T49 1977 GEOL
Port Lavaca	* QE 168 P67 E6 GEOL

Submerged Lands of Texas
A seven-volume set begun in 1983. Volumes match the earlier series above, and are all at the same base call number:
* GC 383.5 S92 Geology Library

Bay City -- Freeport	Beaumont -- Port Arthur
Brownsville -- Harlingen	Corpus Christi
Galveston -- Houston	Kingsville
Port Lavaca

Bibliography and Index of Texas Geology
* Geology Library Reference - Index Tables (call number varies)

This series begins with part of UT Bulletin 3232 (publications prior to 1932) and UT Publication 5910 (publications from 1933-1950). Under its current title, volumes have been published covering the years 1951-60, 1961-74, 1975-80 and 1980-85.

Atlas of Major Texas Oil Reservoirs
* -f- TN 872 T4 A8 1983 Geology Library
Reference/Atlas Stands

This data compilation on major Texas oil fields serves several purposes. It includes a number of map plates.

Atlas of Major Texas Gas Reservoirs
* -f- TN 872 T4 A8 1989 Geology Library
Reference / Atlas Stands

This companion volume to the oil reservoirs atlas covers the natural gas segment of hydrocarbon reservoirs in Texas.

Atlas of Major Central and Eastern Gulf Coast Gas Reservoirs
* -f- TN 872 A5 A842 1992 Geology Library
Reference / Atlas Stands

Another compilation of data with accompanying plates.

Atlas of Major Midcontinent Gas Reservoirs
* -f- TN 881 A1 A94 1993 Geology Library
Another compilation of data with accompanying plates.

Atlas of Northern Gulf of Mexico GAs and Oil Reservoirs, 2 volumes
* -f- G 1282 G888 B87 1997 v.1, v.2 Geology Library
Each volume has an accompanying cdrom.

Catalog of North American Early Tertiary Fossils of the Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plains. pts I-IV. 1943
* 562 T312t Geology Library

Geologic and Engineering Approaches in Evaluation of San Andres/Grayburg Hydrocarbon Reservoirs - Permian Basin. 1990
* QE 168 P47 G463 1990 Geology Library

Geologic Framework and Regional Hydrology: Upper Cenozoic Blackwater Draw and Ogallala Formations, Great Plains. 1990
* GB 1025 T4 G424 1990 Geology Library

Geology and Groundwater Hydrology of Deep-Basin Lignite in the Wilcox Group of East Texas. 1986
* TN 834 U5 K347 Geology Library

Historical Changes and Related Coastal Processes, Gulf and Mainland Shorelines, Matagorda Bay, Texas. 1975
* GB 459.4 M3236 Geology Library

History of the Bureau of Economic Geology, 1909-1960. 1981
* TN 24 T4 F474 Geology Library

Inventory and Environmental Effects of Surface Mining in Texas: preliminary report. 1973
* TN 291 G721 Geology Library

Land and Water Resouces -- Houston-Galveston Area Council
* HC 107 T4 H68 Geology Library

Land Resource Overview of the Capitol Area Planning Council Region, Texas: a nontechnical guide. 1979
* HT 167.5 T4 W647 Geology Library

Land Resources of Texas. 1977
* G 4031 G4 1977 K5 Tobin Map Collection, Geology Library (Texas map case drawers) & PCL Map Collection

National Energy Policy: a continuing Assessment. 1978
* HD 9502 U52 N3 Geology Library

Natural Hazards of the Texas Coastal Zone. 1974
* -f- QE 33 B7 Geology Library

Sediment Distribution, Bathymetry, Faults and Salt Diapirs on the Submerged Lands of Texas. 1979
* GC 383.5 M35

Technology Transfer Needs and Requirements for Texas Independent Oil and gas Producers. 1992
* TN 872 T4 T423 1992 Geology Library

Wilcox Group and Carrizo Sand (Paleogene) in East-Central Texas: Depositional systems and deep-basin lignite. 1985
* QE 691 A97 1985

The Wilcox Group and Carrizo Sand (Paleogene) in the Sabine Uplift Area, Texas: Ground-Water Hydraulics and Hydrochemistry. 1991.
* TN 834 U5 F64 1991 Geology Library

The Wilcox Group (Paleocene - Eocene) in the Sabine Uplift Area, Texas: Depositional Systems and Deep-Basin Lignite. 1990
* -q- TN 834 U6 K357 1990 Geology Library

Clastic Depositional Systems -- A Genetic Approach to Facies Analysis, an Annotated Outline and Bibliography. 1972
* QE 651 F57 Geology Library

Delta Systems in the Exploration for Oil and Gas. 1969
* 551.4 D388 Geology Library

Depositional and Ground-Water Flow Systems in the Exploration for Uranium. 1979
* QE 571 G355 Geology Library

Generally contract reports, these materials are usually not available at the Geology Library. They are available from the Bureau of Economic Geology for the cost of reproduction.

NOTE: Prior to the creation of the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology in 1909, research and publication on the geology of Texas were accomplished through the Texas Geological Survey and the University of Texas Mineral Survey. For the publications of these entities, please ask for assistance from the Geology Librarian.

Geologic Atlas of Texas
* G 4031 C5 S250 T4 Tobin Map Collection, Geology Library
(Texas file cabinet drawers)

This is a series of geologic maps and texts at 1:250,000, covering Texas in 38 sheets. Materials are folded in envelopes, in U.S. State Survey file cabinets.

Geologic Map of Texas
* Tobin Map Collection, Geology Library (Texas map case drawers)

A map at 1:500,000 on 4 sheets, published in 1992.

Geologic Quadrangle Maps
* G 4031 C5 T4 Tobin Map Collection, Geology Library
(Texas file cabinet drawers)

Geologic maps of Texas, scales from 1:24,000 to 1:62,500. 54 sheets issued, some with text. Materials are folded in envelopes, in U.S. State Survey file cabinets.

STATEMAP Project Geologic Maps
*G 4031 C5 S24 T4 STUDY AREA... Geology Library Maps

These maps are divided into 8 study areas of Texas. They are part of the STATEMAP project, a part of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, under the USGS. See http://ncgmp.usgs.gov/statemap/ncgmpabout/statemap/ for details. The maps for Texas are available through the Bureau of Economic Geology (http://www.beg.utexas.edu/mainweb/publications/pubs-openfile.htm#statemap). The Walter Geology Library attempts to have a complete set for the state of Texas at the call number above.

Tectonic Map of Texas. 1990
* Tobin Map Collection, Geology Library (Texas map case drawers)

This large, 4-sheet map at a scale of 1:750,000 includes a text, The Tectonic Framework of Texas, by T.E. Ewing. Maps are flat in map cabinets, text is with other explanatory texts in file cabinets in the Tobin Collection.

Bouguer Gravity Atlas of Texas
* Tobin Map Collection, Geology Library (Texas file cabinet drawers)

This is a series of gravity maps designed to overlay the Geologic Atlas of Texas sheets, at the same scale of 1:250,000. Ten of the 38 sheets have been completed.

Miscellaneous Maps (MM) series
* Tobin Map Collection, Geology Library
(The MM series maps, charts, and sections are mainly older materials, or pull-outs from older publications. Only three have been issued since 1980.)

Regional Cross Sections of the Texas Panhandle: Precambrian to Mid-Permian. 1981
* -q- QE 601 H33 1981 Geology Library

Structural Cross Sections, Tertiary Formations, Texas Gulf Coast. 1981
* -q- QE 601 D6 1981 Geology Library

Middle and Upper Permian Salt-Bearing Strata of the Texas Panhandle, Lithologic and Facies Cross Sections. 1981
* -q- QE 674 P74 1981 Geology Library

Regional Structural Cross Sections and General Stratigraphy, East Texas Basin. 1981
* -q- QE 168 E23 W66 1981 Geology Library

Structural Cross Sections, Miocene Series, Texas Continental Shelf. 1985
* -q- QE 694 M677 1985 Geology Library

Regional Cross Sections -- Central Basin Platform, West Texas. 1985
* -q- QE 168 W43 B4 Geology Library

Regional Stratigraphic Cross Sections, Upper Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian Strata (Virgilian and Wolfcampian Series) North-Central Texas. 1987
* -q- QE 673 B769 1987 Geology Library

Regional Structural Cross Sections, Mid-Permian to Quaternary Strata, Texas Panhandle and Eastern New Mexico: Distribution of Evaporites and Areas of Evaporite Dissolution and Collapse. 1988
* -q- QE 674 M29 1988 Geology Library

Structural Cross Sections, Plio-Pleistocene Series, Southeastern Texas Continental Shelf. 1989
* -q- QE 501.3 M67 1985 Geology Library

Regional Stratigraphic Cross Sections, Comanche Cretaceous (Fredericksburg–Washita Division), Edwards and Stockton Plateaus, West Texas: Interpretation of Sedimentary Facies, Depositional Cycles, and Tectonics. 2000
* -q- QE 686 S64 2000 Geology Library

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