Geology of the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico / by Phillip T. Hayes.

Author/creator Hayes, Philip T., 1923-
Other author United States. Department of the Interior.
Other author Geological Survey (U.S.)
Format Book
PublicationWashington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1964.
Descriptioniv, 69 pages : illustrations, maps (1 color), diagrams, tables ; 29 cm.
Subjects

SeriesGeological Survey (U.S.). Professional paper, 446
Geological Survey professional paper ; 446. ^A16492
Contents Abstract -- Introduction -- Purpose -- Previous work -- Present investigation and acknowledgments -- Geography -- Pre-Permian rocks of the subsurface -- Methods of study -- Precambrian rocks -- Ordovician rocks -- Bliss Sandstone -- El Paso formation -- Rocks correlated with the Simpson Group -- Montoya Dolomite -- Silurian rocks -- Fusselman Dolomte -- Devonian rocks -- Percha Shale -- Mississippian rocks -- Pennsylvanian rocks -- Stratigraphy of Permian rocks -- Framework -- Rocks of the Delaware basin -- Wolfcamp Series -- Wolfcamp Formation -- Leonard Series -- Bone Spring Limestone -- Guadalupe Series -- Delaware Mountain Group -- Ochoa Series -- Castile Formation -- Rustler Formation -- Rocks of the basin margin -- Wolfcamp Series -- Leonard Series -- Victorio Peak Limestone -- Cutoff Shale -- Guadalupe Series -- Sandstone tongue of the Cherry Canyon Formation -- Goat Seep Dolomite -- Captain Limestone -- Rocks of the Northwest shelf -- Hueco Limestone -- Yeso Formation -- San Andres Limestone -- Artesia Group -- Grayburg Formation -- Queen Formation -- Seven Rivers Formation -- Yates Formation -- Tansill Formation -- Fossils of the Artesia Group -- Post-Permian deposits -- Cretaceous rocks -- Quaternary deposits -- Gravel of Pleistocene age -- Alluvium -- Calcareous tufa -- Tertiary igneous rocks -- Structural geology -- Major structural elements -- Older structural features -- Huapache thrust zone -- Bone Spring monocline and Bone Spring arch -- Cenozoic structural features -- Folds -- Faults -- Joints -- Linear features in Castile Formation -- Geomorphology -- Major landforms -- Drainage -- Caves -- Geologic history -- Economic geology -- Oil and gas -- Previous exploration -- Future possibilities -- Gypsum -- Building stone -- Gravel -- Sodium sulfate -- Ground water -- Brokeoff Mountains-Dog Canyon area -- Northern Guadalupe Mountains -- Seven Rivers Embayment -- Guadalupe Ridge -- Mescal Wash and Black River valley area -- Yeso Hills and Gypsum Plain -- Selected stratigraphic sections -- References cited -- Index.
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General note1 map, 2 charts in pocket.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 62-65) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Hayes, Philip Thayer, 1923-. Geology of the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico
LCCNgs 64000318
Govt. docs number I 19.16:446

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