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Full-Text Articles in Geology
Clastic Sinkhole And Pseudokarst Development In East Texas, Kevin W. Stafford, Melinda G. Shaw-Faulkner, Wesley A. Brown
Clastic Sinkhole And Pseudokarst Development In East Texas, Kevin W. Stafford, Melinda G. Shaw-Faulkner, Wesley A. Brown
Faculty Publications
Pseudokarst development in East Texas is controlled primarily by a combination of suffosion and preferential flow paths, often creating small ephemeral sinkholes but occasionally persistent features develop in more indurated facies. Pseudokarst occurs in Claiborne (Eocene) strata in Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine and Shelby counties. Strata consist of interbedded fine- and coarse-grained clastics with variable cementation and associated permeabilities.
Caves And Karst Hydrology Of The Mariana Islands (Abstract), Kevin W. Stafford
Caves And Karst Hydrology Of The Mariana Islands (Abstract), Kevin W. Stafford
Faculty Publications
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Petrology Of Proterozoic To Tertiary Rocks In The Southern Burro Mountains, Nm: Insights Into Mazatzal To Basin And Range Magmatism And Tectonics, Theda Strickler
Petrology Of Proterozoic To Tertiary Rocks In The Southern Burro Mountains, Nm: Insights Into Mazatzal To Basin And Range Magmatism And Tectonics, Theda Strickler
Undergraduate Research Conference
Analysis of thin sections from the Wind Mountain quadrangle, Burro Mountains, NM, near the Tyrone copper mine, reveals a complex geologic history. Rock samples collected in the study area were cut using a rock saw and thin sections were prepared and analyzed to determine mineral content and fabric patterns. The oldest rocks in the study area are strongly metamorphosed and locally mylonitized Proterozoic quartzofeldspathic gneisses and amphibolites of Mazatzal affinity. Mineralogical indications of shearing correlate with shear zones observed during field mapping in the area. Another set of samples are of younger Proterozoic granites and metagranites that intruded the country …
Modeling Regional Radicarbon Trends: A Case Study From The East Texas Woodland Period, Robert Z. Selden Jr.
Modeling Regional Radicarbon Trends: A Case Study From The East Texas Woodland Period, Robert Z. Selden Jr.
CRHR: Archaeology
The East Texas Radiocarbon Database contributes to an analysis of tempo and place for Woodland era (~500 BC–AD 800) archaeological sites within the region. The temporal and spatial distributions of calibrated 14C ages (n = 127) with a standard deviation (ΔT) of 61 from archaeological sites with Woodland components (n = 51) are useful in exploring the development and geographical continuity of the peoples in east Texas, and lead to a refinement of our current chronological understanding of the period. While analysis of summed probability distributions (SPDs) produces less than significant findings due to sample size, they are used …
Spring Hydrology Of Colorado Bend State Park, Central Texas, Kevin W. Stafford, Melinda G. Shaw-Faulkner, Jessica L. Deleon
Spring Hydrology Of Colorado Bend State Park, Central Texas, Kevin W. Stafford, Melinda G. Shaw-Faulkner, Jessica L. Deleon
Faculty Publications
Karst development in Ellenburger carbonates near Colorado Bend State Park in central Texas exhibits complex polygenetic origins, with porosity development dominated by an early hypogene phase that has subsequently been overprinted to varying degrees by epigene processes. Quarterly physicochemical and continuous thermal monitoring analyses of eight springs in the study area indicate that modern groundwater flow paths are highly variable. Springs exhibit patterns that range from shallow, distributed recharge into diffuse-flow dominated systems, to focused recharge into well-connected conduit systems, to deep-circulation systems that equilibrate with bedrock. All springs, except Sulphur Spring, exhibit physicochemical characteristics indicative of proximal epigenic groundwater …
Thermal Characterization Of The Ellenberger Karst Springs, Colorado Bend State Park, Texas [Abstract], Sherri Dornak, Katie Mitchell, Jessica De Leon, Kevin W. Stafford
Thermal Characterization Of The Ellenberger Karst Springs, Colorado Bend State Park, Texas [Abstract], Sherri Dornak, Katie Mitchell, Jessica De Leon, Kevin W. Stafford
Faculty Presentations
No abstract provided.
A Comparative Integrated Geophysical Study Of Horseshoe Chimney Cave, Colorado Bend State Park, Texas, Wesley A. Brown, Kevin W. Stafford, Melinda G. Shaw-Faulkner, Andy Grubbs
A Comparative Integrated Geophysical Study Of Horseshoe Chimney Cave, Colorado Bend State Park, Texas, Wesley A. Brown, Kevin W. Stafford, Melinda G. Shaw-Faulkner, Andy Grubbs
Faculty Publications
An integrated geophysical study was performed over a known cave in Colorado Bend State Park (CBSP), Texas, where shallow karst features are common within the Ellenberger Limestone. Geophysical survey such as microgravity, ground penetrating radar (GPR), direct current (DC) resistivity, capacitively coupled (CC) resistivity, induced polarization (IP) and ground conductivity (GC) measurements were performed in an effort to distinguish which geophysical method worked most effectively and efficiently in detecting the presence of subsurface voids, caves and collapsed features. Horseshoe Chimney Cave (HCC), which is part of a larger network of cave systems, provides a good control environment for this research. …
Tufa Diagenesis In A Carbonate Karst Fluvial Environment [Abstract], Janette England, Amanda Suter, Kevin W. Stafford
Tufa Diagenesis In A Carbonate Karst Fluvial Environment [Abstract], Janette England, Amanda Suter, Kevin W. Stafford
Faculty Presentations
No abstract provided.
Pseudokarst Of East Texas: Geomorphic Features And Evolution [Abstract], Kevin W. Stafford, Melinda G. Shaw-Faulkner, Wesley A. Brown
Pseudokarst Of East Texas: Geomorphic Features And Evolution [Abstract], Kevin W. Stafford, Melinda G. Shaw-Faulkner, Wesley A. Brown
Faculty Presentations
No abstract provided.
Geochemical Spatial Variability Of The Colorado River Associated With Karst Springs, Colorado Bend State Park, Central Texas [Abstract], Katie Mitchell, Sherri Dornak, Kevin W. Stafford
Geochemical Spatial Variability Of The Colorado River Associated With Karst Springs, Colorado Bend State Park, Central Texas [Abstract], Katie Mitchell, Sherri Dornak, Kevin W. Stafford
Faculty Presentations
No abstract provided.
Eogenetic Karst Of The Carbonate Islands Of The Northern Marianas [Abstract], Kevin W. Stafford, John W. Jenson, John E. Mylroie
Eogenetic Karst Of The Carbonate Islands Of The Northern Marianas [Abstract], Kevin W. Stafford, John W. Jenson, John E. Mylroie
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No abstract provided.
Ascending Water Of The Delaware Basin, Southeastern New Mexico, And Far West Texas [Abstract], Kevin W. Stafford, Raymond Nance
Ascending Water Of The Delaware Basin, Southeastern New Mexico, And Far West Texas [Abstract], Kevin W. Stafford, Raymond Nance
Faculty Presentations
No abstract provided.
The Pecos River Hypogene Speleogenetic Province: A Basin-Scale Karst Paradigm For Eastern New Mexico And West Texas, Usa, Kevin W. Stafford, Alexander Klimchouk, Lewis Land, Marcus O. Gary
The Pecos River Hypogene Speleogenetic Province: A Basin-Scale Karst Paradigm For Eastern New Mexico And West Texas, Usa, Kevin W. Stafford, Alexander Klimchouk, Lewis Land, Marcus O. Gary
Faculty Publications
Since the mid-Tertiary, lateral migration and entrenchment of the Pecos River Valley in eastern New Mexico and west Texas, USA, has significantly influenced regional groundwater flow paths, providing a focus for ascending flow in multi-storey artesian systems and a powerful potentiometric driving force for hypogene speleogenesis. Individual occurrences of hypogene karst phenomena associated with the central Pecos River Valley are widespread throughout the greater Delaware Basin region, including development in a wide range of Permian carbonate and evaporate fades. Hypogene occurrences are well-documented as far north as Santa Rosa, New Mexico and as far south as Lake Amistad, Texas. Throughout …
Undiscovered Karst Country: A New Paradigm For The Pecos Region Of Eastern New Mexico And West Texas As A Basin-Scale, Hypogene Speleogenetic Province [Abstract], Kevin W. Stafford, Lewis Land, Alexander Klimchouk
Undiscovered Karst Country: A New Paradigm For The Pecos Region Of Eastern New Mexico And West Texas As A Basin-Scale, Hypogene Speleogenetic Province [Abstract], Kevin W. Stafford, Lewis Land, Alexander Klimchouk
Faculty Presentations
No abstract provided.
Epigene And Hypogene Karst Manifestations Of The Castile Formation: Eddy County, New Mexico And Culberson County, Texas, Usa, Kevin W. Stafford, Raymond Nance, Laura Rosales-Lagarde, Penelope J. Boston
Epigene And Hypogene Karst Manifestations Of The Castile Formation: Eddy County, New Mexico And Culberson County, Texas, Usa, Kevin W. Stafford, Raymond Nance, Laura Rosales-Lagarde, Penelope J. Boston
Faculty Publications
Permian evaporites of the Castile Formation crop out over ~1,800 km2 in the western Delaware Basin (Eddy County, New Mexico and Culberson County, Texas, USA) with abundant and diverse karst manifestations. Epigene karst occurs as well-developed karren on exposed bedrock, while sinkholes dominate the erosional landscape, including both solutional and collapse forms. Sinkhole analyses suggest that more than half of all sinks are the result of upward stoping of subsurface voids, while many solutional sinks are commonly the result of overprinting of collapsed forms. Epigene caves are laterally limited with rapid aperture decreases away from insurgence, with passages developed along …
Hypogenic Speleogenesis Within Seven Rivers Evaporites: Coffee Cave, Eddy County, New Mexico, Kevin W. Stafford, Lewis Land, Alexander Klimchouk
Hypogenic Speleogenesis Within Seven Rivers Evaporites: Coffee Cave, Eddy County, New Mexico, Kevin W. Stafford, Lewis Land, Alexander Klimchouk
Faculty Publications
Coffee Cave, located in the lower Pecos region of southeastern New Mexico, illustrates processes of hypogenic speleogenesis in the middle Permian Seven Rivers Formation. Coffee Cave is a rectilinear gypsum maze cave with at least four stratigraphically-distinct horizons of development. Morphological features throughout the cave provide unequivocal evidence of hypogenic ascending speleogenesis in a confined aquifer system driven by mixed (forced and free) convection. Morphologic features in individual cave levels include a complete suite that defines original rising flow paths, ranging from inlets for hypogenic fluids (feeders) through transitional forms (rising wall channels) to ceiling half-tube flow features and fluid …
Hypogene Calcitization: Evaporite Diagenesis In The Western Delaware Basin, Kevin W. Stafford, Dana Ulmer-Scholle, Laura Rosales-Lagarde
Hypogene Calcitization: Evaporite Diagenesis In The Western Delaware Basin, Kevin W. Stafford, Dana Ulmer-Scholle, Laura Rosales-Lagarde
Faculty Publications
Evaporite calcitization within the Castile Formation of the Delaware Basin is more widespread and diverse than originally recognized. Coupled field and GIS studies have identified more than 1000 individual occurrences of calcitization within the Castile Formation outcrop area, which includes both calcitized masses (limestone buttes) and laterally extensive calcitized horizons (limestone sheets). Both limestone buttes and sheets commonly contain a central brecciated zone that we attribute to hypogene dissolution. Lithologic fabric of calcitized zones ranges from little alteration of original varved laminae to fabrics showing extensive laminae distortion as well as extensive vuggy and open cavernous porosity. Calcitization is most …
Hypogene Speleogenesis Within The Central Basin Platform: Karst Porosity In The Yates Field, Pecos County, Texas, U.S.A., Kevin W. Stafford, Fred H. Behnken, Jesse G. White
Hypogene Speleogenesis Within The Central Basin Platform: Karst Porosity In The Yates Field, Pecos County, Texas, U.S.A., Kevin W. Stafford, Fred H. Behnken, Jesse G. White
Faculty Publications
The Yates Unit Oil Field is located on the southeastern tip of the Central Basin Platform in eastern Pecos County, Texas. It produces from Middle Permian strata, primarily the upper San Andres Formation. Locally, the productive upper San Andres Formation is comprised of successively vertically stacked progradational shelf carbonates. Stratigraphically overlying the Yates Field reservoir, the Toborg Field produces from the uppermost Triassic and Cretaceous units. Both fields are bounded on the north and east sides by the Pecos River, which has remained entrenched in its current location since the early Tertiary. As mapped, the top of the San Andres …
Castile Evaporite Karst Potential Map Of The Gypsum Plain, Eddy County, New Mexico And Culberson County, Texas: A Gis Methodological Comparison, Kevin W. Stafford, Laura Rosales-Lagarde, Penelope J. Boston
Castile Evaporite Karst Potential Map Of The Gypsum Plain, Eddy County, New Mexico And Culberson County, Texas: A Gis Methodological Comparison, Kevin W. Stafford, Laura Rosales-Lagarde, Penelope J. Boston
Faculty Publications
Castile Formation gypsum crops out over ,1,800 km2 in the western Delaware Basin where it forms the majority of the Gypsum Plain. Karst development is well recognized in the Gypsum Plain (i.e., filled and open sinkholes with associated caves); however, the spatial occurrence has been poorly known. In order to evaluate the extent and distribution of karst development within the Castile portion of the Gypsum Plain, combined field and Geographic Information System (GIS) studies were conducted, which enable a first approximation of regional speleogenesis and delineate karst-related natural resources for management. Field studies included physical mapping of 50, 1-km2 sites, …