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  • Usage in publication:
    • Brazos sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Bend arch
Publication:

Plummer, F.B., 1919, Preliminary paper on the stratigraphy of the Pennsylvanian formations of north-central Texas, with discussion: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 3, no. 1, p. 132-150. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 138. Brazos sandstone. Simply listed on a generalized chart of Pennsylvanian units. Report area in Brazos River Valley, north-central Texas. Strawn division overlies Millsap division and is divided into (descending) Gordon, Mineral Wells sandstones, Brazos sandstone, etc. [Subdivisions not described.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 257); supplemental information from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Brazos sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Not used
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Bend arch
Publication:

Plummer, F.B., and Moore, R.C., 1922, Pennsylvanian stratigraphy of north-central Texas: Journal of Geology, v. 30, no. 1, p. 18-42.


Summary:

Pg. 25, 31; Univ. Texas Bull., no. 2132, p. 76, and charts. [See entry under Brazos River conglomerate member.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 257).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Brazos sandstone†
  • Modifications:
    • Abandoned
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Bend arch
Publication:

Wilmarth, M.G., 1936, [Selected Geologic Names Committee remarks (ca. 1935-1938) on Carboniferous and Permian rocks of Texas], IN Wilmarth, M.G., 1938, Lexicon of geologic names of the United States (including Alaska): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 896, pts. 1-2, 2396 p.


Summary:

†Brazos sandstone. Same as Brazos River conglomerate member of Garner formation, of Strawn group.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 257).


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