A petrotectonic study of the Tesnus formation in the Marathon Basin, West Texas
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1954
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The Tesnus formation is the basal Pennsylvanian strata found in the Marathon Basin of West Texas. It is a non-marine geosynclinal formation which was deposited in the Llanorian geosyncline. THe purpose of this work was to make a petrographic and tectonic study of the members of the Tesnus formation in an attempt to understand the changes which took place in both the depositional environment and the source area during the Tesnus times. [...]
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Texas, Tesnus formation