Dissertation: Texas 1960
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-208- Section 29 contd. Thickness (feet) 6 inch to 1 foot beds, a few thin brown shales, partly silicified . . . . . . . . . 22 21. Covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 20. Sandstone, green to purple-brown weather- ing, medium quartz sand, crossbedded, 1 to 3 foot beds, thin interbedded shales and siltstone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 19. Limestone, light gray to brown weathering, silty, interbedded shales . . . . . . . . . 8 18. Shale, gray; with 1 inch limonitic silt- stone beds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 17. Limestone, light gray, silty and clayey . . . 3 16. Shale, light gray, silty, grades upwards into unit 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 15. Calcirudite, many shades of limestone pebbles and cobbles, maximum diameter 10 inches, calcareous matrix weathers light brown-gray, upper portion badly covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Gaptank Formation 14. Covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 13. Limestone, medium to light gray, poorly cemented near base, organic fragmental. . . 2 1/2