Silurian of central Texas: a first record for the region.

نویسندگان

  • V E Barnes
  • A J Boucot
  • P E Cloud
  • R H Miller
  • A R Palmer
چکیده

Silurian outcrops, not previously recorded from central Texas, have been identified from the Llano uplift, where they occur in collapse structures within the Lower Ordovician Honeycut Formation of the Ellenburger Group. The formation is a pinkish-gray granular limestone, contains fossils of probable Wenlock age, and is named the Starcke Limestone.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Science

دوره 154 3752  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1966