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Microfacies analysis and depositional environments of middle unit of El Paso Group, southern Hueco Mountains, Hudspeth County, Texas

Conference · · AAPG (Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol.) Bull.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5697064

The middle unit of El Paso Group, 209 m (686 ft) thick, is predominantly a very thick-bedded to massive and nonstratified limestone with a few inclusions of chert nodules and lenses. The limestones are classified into seven standard microfacies (Smf). The standard microfacies are (from most common to least common) Smf-16, Pelsparite; Smf-9, bioclastic wackestone; Smf-18, algal grainstone; Smf-24, lithoclastic grainstone; Smf-23, nonlaminate pure micrite; Smf-15, oolite; and Smf-19, fenstral, peloidal and laminate micrite. The microfacies are further classified into 70 variations more fully and adequately to describe the middle unit rocks of the El Paso Group.

Research Organization:
Prairie View Univ., TX
OSTI ID:
5697064
Report Number(s):
CONF-870915-
Journal Information:
AAPG (Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol.) Bull.; (United States), Journal Name: AAPG (Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol.) Bull.; (United States) Vol. 71:8; ISSN AABUD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English