Field Notebook: Texas 1924, 1925
Page 81
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the Bapland me, The time break is of considerable length and easily separates the Permian from the Pennsylvanian. Then ventured to the "Uncomformity" there described on Monday that is 23.4 miles N.E. of Marathon, Lullards and Baker are now satisfied that while the hill looks like a genuine uncomformity, yet the upper li. may have its present position due to folding and faulting or thrusting. Then I walked along the road towards Bap- tand to see if the "Tesnus" had any joints. he found none. At the uncomformity here the Tesnus stands vertical and on the next hill north the strata dips S, going over the crest of the hill the strata dip again N, at low angles to near the place where we collected fossils on Monday where they stand vertical. All of this or had been farther East and it did not cause one to change any ideas that the "Tesnus" in simply Bapland = Pennsylvania. At night failed of preparatory to leaving the Glen this tomorrow and just up at night at some place to the E, morning to San Antonio