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Quaternary-Tertiary bolson deposits

Quaternary-Tertiary bolson deposits
StateTexas
NameQuaternary-Tertiary bolson deposits
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary Quaternary | Pliocene Pleistocene
Original map labelQTb
Commentsclay, silt, sandstone, and conglomerate; mostly clay, silt, and gypsiferous fine-grained sandst. in central part of Presidio bolson, coarsens toward margins where lenses of pebble to boulder conglomerate are common, mostly pale red to lt. brown; thickness up to 2,000 ft.
Primary rock typeclay or mud
Secondary rock typesilt
Other rock typessandstone; conglomerate
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Bed)
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital (Bed)
Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed)
Map references
Bureau of Economic Geology, 1992, Geologic Map of Texas: University of Texas at Austin, Virgil E. Barnes, project supervisor, Hartmann, B.M. and Scranton, D.F., cartography, scale 1:500,000
Unit references
Bureau of Economic Geology, 1979, Emory Peak--Presidio Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, University of Texas at Austin.
Geographic coverageBrewster - Culberson - El Paso - Hudspeth - Jeff Davis - Presidio - Reeves

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