Field Notebook: Texas 1957a
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(2) Hess as a ls sequence and under lies the Leonard which is siliceous. The Leonard just beneath the sill and top of Wolfcamp is Calcexanites, + often very silly - well lied. The Hess Conglo. is "white" The western end of the wolfcamp looks like a good place to measure the Hess Conglo. and to determine to fusulinid sequence in the Lower Hess (or Leonard) -- Check this section against the Conglo sequence on the north fork of Gool Canyon. Question to think about: what is the nature of the cyclic deposition of the Wolfcamp sequence. The limestones start off with rumble and then go up through clastics which become finer and finally are present as finely laminated sand (Calcareous). These laminae are similar to the individual sets of beach deposits in Lyons Ss. What caused cycles? what conditions changed to cause deposition of Hess Conglo. + Leonard silt + clastic beds. O.O. Dunbar + I drove around east end of Nills and got back side - road not so good. Walked the eastern exposures of the upper Wolfcamp (Piking beds 4 to Hess Conglo.) (3) The fauna needs to be studied from various points along the same bed for the length of exposure. Reef nodules form in great abundance on P.K.'s bed 9 to 12 - this cause uneven, distorted, ls ledges spaced close result of differential compaction.