Lithogenetic stratigraphy of the Triassic Dockum Formation, Palo Duro Basin, Texas
Using approximately 350 well logs and cores from 4 wells, the author examines the depositional origin of the Dockum, discusses the distribution of lithofacies within the basin, and assesses the influences on trends in sandstone thickness. Outcrops were examined along the Eastern and Western Caprock Escarpments in Texas and eastern New Mexico, and facies interpretations were projected into the subsurface to improve regional analysis of the Dockum. Four new cores of subsurface Dockum were described and interpreted, forming the nucleus of subsurface lithofacies identification. The book focuses on the lower Dockum, within which the author identified four depositional sequences. These sequences, presented on cross sections and net-sandstone and paleogeographic maps, document a progression from continental-dominated depositional systems to lacustrine-dominated systems.
- OSTI ID:
- 5345845
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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