Dissertation: Texas 1960
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-225- Section 36 contd. Thickness (feet) 7. Limestone, light pink weathering, massive . . . 0-9 50 yards west of this section, unit 9 rests directly on unit 6, and units 7 and 8 are truncated 6. Covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5. Sandstone, orange-brown weathering, green- gray on fresh surface, very fine to fine quartz sand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1/2 4. Covered, probably more marly continuation of unit 3 below . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3. Limestone, green-gray, organic frag- ments in a limey shale matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 2. Sandstone, light green-gray to brown- orange weathering, very fine quartz sand for most part, a few pebble conglomerate beds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1. Covered, probably a siltstone and shale interval, base of unit covered by alluvium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 plus Section 37 This section starts about 50 yards west of the ranch road which leads to the high pasture on the Moore ranch at the