Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey--Oil Fields of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coastal Plain . WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE1903 Bulletin No. 212 Series A, Economic Geology, 23 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CHARLES I). WALCOTT, Director OIL FIELDS OF THE Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coastal Plain C. W. HAYES and WILLIAM KENNEDY. WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE1903 CONTENTS Page. Introduction 9 Acknowledgments 10 Previous knowledge of the region : 10 Topography of the Gulf Coastal Plain 13 Relief 13 Drainage 14 Timber 15 Geology of the Gulf Coastal Pl
Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey--Oil Fields of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coastal Plain . WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE1903 Bulletin No. 212 Series A, Economic Geology, 23 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CHARLES I). WALCOTT, Director OIL FIELDS OF THE Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coastal Plain C. W. HAYES and WILLIAM KENNEDY. WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE1903 CONTENTS Page. Introduction 9 Acknowledgments 10 Previous knowledge of the region : 10 Topography of the Gulf Coastal Plain 13 Relief 13 Drainage 14 Timber 15 Geology of the Gulf Coastal Plain 15 Subdivisions 15 Geology of the western division 16 Surface formations 16 Underground conditions 18 Section from Pleasanton to Palito Blanco 18 Prospecting for petroleum 19 Geology of the eastern division : _. _ 19 General section (!) Base of coastal formations •_ _ 21 Fayette sands _ _. 21 Frio clays 22 Buried beds 23 Lafayette sands 26 Columbia sands 26 Beaumont clays 27 Recent or Port Hudson clays Detailed sections of Coastal Plain formations 30 Detailed sections on the Guadalupe 30 Detailed sections on the Colorado and Brazos 32 Detailed sections between Brazos and Trinity rivers 42 Detailed sections in vicinity of Neches and Sabine rivers _ _? 48 Gravels 62 Changes of level during deposition of Coastal Plain formations 66 Geology of the oil po
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