Author: Charles Laurence BakerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Exploratory Geology of a Part of Southwestern Trans-Pecos Texas
Author: Charles Laurence BakerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Structure and Tectonics of Trans-Pecos Texas
Author: West Texas Geological Society. Field ConferencePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Geology of the Solitario,Trans-Pecos Texas
Author: Charles E. CorryPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813722500
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Igneous Geology of Trans-Pecos Texas
Author: Studies of Geology and Hydrology in the Basin and Range Province, Southwestern United States, for Isolation of High-level Radioactive Waste--characterization of the Trans-Peco Region, Texas
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Geology of the Solitario Dome, Trans-Pecos Texas
Author: Christopher D. HenryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Domes (Geology)
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Silurian rocks are missing, and the Lower Devonian-Mississippian Caballos Novaculite rests unconformably on the Upper Ordovician Maravillas Formation. More than 1.4 km of flysch, from a source to the southeast, forms the Mississippian-Pennsylvanian Tesnus Formation. No Paleozoic rock younger than Early Pennsylvanian (Morrowan Series) have been found. The measured thickness of Paleozoic rocks in the Solitario is approximately 2.6 km and represents a time span of 240 m.y. with a single break of ~30 m.y. during Silurian, one of the longest depositional records known. The Paleozoic rocks found in the Solitario are allochthonous and were intensely deformed during the Ouachita Orogeny. The orogeny affected the Solitario area from Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian) until Early Permian (middle Wolfcampian). Transport of the allochton during the Ouachita Orogeny was at least tens of kilometers from the southeast.
South-Central Section of the Geological Society of America
Author: O.T. HaywardPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813754046
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Economic Geology of the Amity Quadrangle, Eastern Washington County, Pennsylvania
Author: Frederick Gardner ClappPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 948
Book Description
Geology of the Comstock-Indian Wells Area, Val Verde, Terrell, and Brewster Counties, Texas
Author: Val L. FreemanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A description of the petrography and structure of the sedimentary rocks along the Rio Grande in the vicinity of the mouth of the Pecos River.
In the Shadow of the Chinatis
Author: David W. KellerPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623497361
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Winner, 2020 Al Lowman Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas County or Local History There is a deep and abiding connection between humans and the land in Pinto Canyon—a remote and rugged place near the border with Mexico in the Texas Big Bend. Here the land assumes a certain primacy, defined not by the ephemera of plants and animals but by the very bedrock that rises far above the silvery flow of Pinto Creek— looming masses that break the horizon into a hundred different vistas. Yet, over time, people managed to survive and sometimes even thrive in this harsh environment. In the Shadow of the Chinatis combines the rich narratives of history, natural history, and archeology to tell the story of the landscape as well as the people who once inhabited it. Settling the land was difficult, staying on it even more so, but one family proved especially resilient. Rising above their meager origins, the Prietos eventually amassed a 12,000-acre ranch in the shadow of the Chinati Mountains to become the most successful of Pinto Canyon’s early settlers. But starting with the tense years of the Great Depression, the family faced a series of tragedies: one son was killed by a Texas Ranger, and another by the deranged son of Chico Cano, the Big Bend’s most notorious bandit. Ultimately, growing rifts in the family forced the sale of the ranch, marking the end of an era. Bearing the hallmarks of an epic tragedy, the departure of the Prieto family signaled a transition away from ranching towards a new style of landownership based on a completely different model. Today, Pinto Canyon’s scenic and scientific value increasingly overshadows the marginal economics of its past. In the Shadow of the Chinatis reveals a rich tapestry of interaction between humans and their environment, providing a unique examination of the Big Bend region and the people who call it home.