Late Albian carbonate platform chronostratigraphy, Devils River Formation cycles, West Texas

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Volumn , Issue 247, 2004, Pages 129-148

  Scott, Robert W ^a   Kerans, Charlie ^b  

^a Precision Stratigraphy Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonites; Biostratigraphy; Carbonate ramp; Foraminifera; Gulf of Mexico; Late Albian; Rudists

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS;

NORTH AMERICA; PECOS RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALBIA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 3142691313     PISSN: 03414116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (58)

1. ADKINS, W.S. (1927): Geology and mineral resources of the Fort Stockton quadrangle. - University of Texas Bulletin, 2738: 166.
2. ALENCÁSTER, G. & OVIEDO-GARCÍA, A. (1998): Re-examination of the genera Texicaprina Coogan, Mexicaprina Coogan and Kimbleia Coogan (Caprinid Rudists) from the Albian of central México. - Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Paleontología, 8: 163-179; Mexico City.
3. BALL, M.M. (1967): Carbonate sand bodies of Florida and the Bahamas. - Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 37: 556-591, Tulsa.
4. BARNES, V.E. (1982): Geological Atlas of Texas, Fort Stockton Sheet. - Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin.
5. BLOXSOM, W.E. (1972): A Lower Cretaceous (Comanchean) prograding shelf and associated environments of deposition, northern Coahuila. Mexico. - University of Texas at Austin, Msc. thesis, 1-206; Austin.
6. CARNEY, J.L. & PIERCE, R.W. (1995): Graphic correlation and composite standard databases as tools for the exploration biostratigrapher. - In: MANN, K. O. & LANE, H. R. (eds.): Graphic Correlation. - Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM), Special Publication 53: 23-43; Tulsa.
7. COBBAN, W.A. (1985): The Lower Cretaceous ammonite Schloenbachia leonensis Conrad var. equidistans Cragin. - U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1641-A, 7 p.
8. COOGAN, A.H. (1973): Nuevos rudistas del Albiano y Cenomaniano de Mexico y del sur de Texas. - Revista del Instutio Mexicano del Petroleo, 5: 51-82; Mexico City.
9. COOGAN, A.H. (1977): Early and middle Cretaceous Hippuritacea (Rudists) of the Gulf Coast. - In: BEBOUT, D.G. & LOUCKS, R.G. (eds.): Cretaceous carbonates of Texas and Mexico. - Bureau of Economic Geology, Report of Investigations, 89: 32-70; Austin.
10. FOURCADE. E.; TARDY, M. & VILA, J.M. (1974): Streptalveolina mexicana n. gen. n. sp., un alveolinidae nouveau (Foraminifère) du Cénomanien du Mexique. Revue du Micropaléontologie, 17: 110-116; Paris.
11. HANCOCK, J.M. (1991): Ammonite scales for the Cretaceous System. - Cretaceous Research, 12: 259-291; London.
12. HANCOCK, J.M., KENNEDY., W.J. & COBBAN, W.A. (1993): A correlation of the Upper Albian to basal Coniacian sequences of northwest Europe, Texas, and the United States Western Interior. - In: CALDWELL, W.G.E. & KAUFFMAN, E.G. (eds.): Evolution of the Western Interior Basin. - Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper, 39: 453-476: St. John's.
13. HARDENBOL, J., THIERRY, J., FARLEY, M.B., JACQUIN, Th., DE GRACIANSKY, P.-C. & VAIL, P.R. (1998): Mesozoic and Cenozoic sequence chronostratigraphic framework of European Basins. - In: DE GRACIANSKY, P.-C., HARDENBOL, J., JACQUIN, TH. & VAIL, P.R. (eds.): Mesozoic and Cenozoic sequence stratigraphy of European Basins. - Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM), Special Publication, 60: 3-13; Tulsa.
14. HARLAND, W.B., ARMSTRONG, R.L., COX, A.V., CRAIG, L.E., SMITH, A.G. & SMITH, D.G. (1990): A Geologic Time Scale 1989. - 1-265; New York (Cambridge University Press).
15. HUMPHREYS, C.H. (1984): Stratigraphy of the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Salmon Peak Formation of the Maverick Basin, south Texas. - In: SMITH, C.I. (ed.): Stratigraphy and structure of the Maverick Basin and Devils River trend, Lower Cretaceous, southwest Texas. - 34-59. San Antonio Geological Society.
16. IMMENHAUSER, A., SCHLAGER, W., BURNS, S.J., SCOTT, R.W., GEEL, T., LEHMANN, J., VAN DER GAAST, S. & BOLDER-SCHRJVER, L.J.A. (1999): Late Aptian to Late Albian Sea-level fluctuations constrained by geochemical and biological evidence (Nahr Umr Formation, Oman). - Journal of Sedimentary Research, 69: 434-446; Tulsa.
17. IMMENHAUSER, A., SCHLAGER, W., BURNS, S.J., SCOTT, R.W., GEEL, T., LEHMANN, J., VAN DER GAAST, S. & BOLDER-SCHRIJVER, L.J.A. (2000): Origin and Correlation of Disconformity Surfaces and Marker Beds, Nahr Umr Formation, Northern Oman. - In: ALSHARHAN, A.S. & SCOTT, R.W. (eds.): Middle East models of Jurassic/Cretaceous carbonate systems. - Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM), Special Publication, 69: 209-225; Tulsa.
18. IMMNEHAUSER, A. & SCOTT, R.W. (1999): Global correlation of middle Cretaceous sea-level events. - Geology, 27: 551-554; Boulder.
19. KAUFFMAN, E.G. (1984): Paleobiogeography and evolutionary response dynamic in the Cretaceous Western Interior seaway of North America. - Geological Association of Canada Special Paper, 27: 273-306; St. John's.
20. KENNEDY, W.J., COBBAN, W.A., GALE, A.S., HANCOCK, J.M. & LANDMAN, N.H. (1998): Ammonites from the Weno Limestone (Albian) in northeast Texas. - American Museum Novitates, 3236: 1-46; Philadelphia.
21. KERANS, C., KEMPTER, K., FITCHEN, B. & ZAHM, L.C. (1999): Sequence framework and facies architecture of a Cretaceous carbonate platform: Late Albian of the Pecos River, west Texas. - Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM) Field Trip Guidebook, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, 1-98; Austin.
22. LEHMANN, C., OSLEGER, D.A., MONTANEZ, I., SLITER, W., ARNAUD-VANNEAU, A. & BANNER, J. (1999): Evolution of Cupido and Coahuila carbonate platforms, Early Cretaceous, northeastern Mexico. - Geological Society of America Bulletin, 111: 1010-1029; Boulder.
23. LEHMANN, C., OSLEGER, D.A. & MONTANEZ, I. (2000): Sequence stratigraphy of Lower Cretaceous (Barremian-Albian) carbonate platforms of northeastern Mexico: Regional and global correlations. - Journal of Sedimentary Research, 70: 373-391; Tulsa.
24. LOZO, F.E. & SMITH, C.I. (1964): Revision of Comanche Cretaceous stratigraphic nomenclature, southern Edwards Plateau, southwest Texas. - Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, Transactions, 14: 285-306; Houston.
25. MANCINI, E.A. (1979): Late Albian and Early Cenomanian Grayson ammonite biostratigraphy in north-central Texas. - Journal of Paleontology, 53: 1013-1022; Lawrence.
26. MARTIN, K.G. (1967): Stratigraphy of the Buda Limestone, south-central Texas. - Permian Basin Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM), Publication, 67-B: 287-299; Midland.
27. MICHAEL, F.Y. (1972): Planktonic Foraminifera from the Comanchean Series (Cretaceous) of Texas. - Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 2: 200-220; Washington.
28. MILLER, B.C. (1984): Physical stratigraphy and facies analysis. Lower Cretaceous, Maverick Basin and Devils River trend, Uvalde and Real counties, Texas. - In: SMITH, C.I. (ed.): Stratigraphy and structure of the Maverick Basin and Devils River trend, Lower Cretaceous, southwest Texas. - 3-33; San Antonio Geological Society.
29. NELSON, H.F. (1959): Deposition and alteration of the Edwards Limestone, central Texas. - Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, Publication, 5905, 21-95; Austin.
30. OBRADOVICH, J.D. (1993): A Cretaceous time scale. - In: CALDWELL, W.G.E. & KAUFFMAN, E.G. (eds.): Evolution of the Western Interior Basin. - Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper, 39: 379-396; St. John's.
31. PERKINS, B.F. (1961): Biostratigraphic studies in the Comanche (Cretaceous) Series of northern Mexico and Texas. - Geological Society of America Memoir, 83: 1-138; Boulder.
32. PHILIP, J., BORGOMANO, J. & AL-MASKIRY, S. (1995): Cenomanian-Early Turonian carbonate platform of Northern Oman: stratigraphy and paleoenvironments. - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 119: 77-92; Amsterdam.
33. ROBASZYNSKI, F., CARON, M., AMEDRO, F., DUPUIS, C., HARDENBOL, J., GONZALEZ DONOSO, J.M., LINARES, D. & GARTNER, S. (1993): Le Cénomanien de la région de Kalaat Senan (Tunisie centrale): Lithobiostratigraphie et interprétation séquentielle. - Revue de Paléobiologie, 12; 351-505; Paris.
34. ROSE, P.R. (1970): Stratigraphic interpretation of submarine versus subaerial discontinuity surfaces: An example from the Cretaceous of Texas. - Geological Society of America, Bulletin, 81: 2787-2798; Boulder.
35. ROSE, P.R. (1972): Edwards Group, surface and subsurface, central Texas. - Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas, Report of Investigations, 74: 1-198; Austin.
36. SANDERS, D. & PONS, J.M. (1999): Rudist formations in mixed siliciclastic-carbonate depositional environments, Upper Cretaceous. Austria: Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and models of development. - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 148: 249-284; Amsterdam.
37. SCHROEDER, R. & NEUMANN, M. (1985): Les grands foraminifères du Crétacé moyen de la région Méditerranénne. - Geobios, mémoire spécial, 7: 1-161; Lyon.
38. SCOTT, R.W. (1976): Trophic classification of benthic communities. - In: SCOTT, R.W. & WEST, R.R. (eds.): Structure and classification of paleocommunities. - 29-66; Stroudsburg, Pa. (Dowden, Hutchinson, and Ross, Inc.).
39. SCOTT, R.W. (1990): Models and stratigraphy of mid-Cretaceous reef communities, Gulf of Mexico. - Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM), Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology, 2: 1-102; Tulsa.
40. SCOTT, R.W. (1993): Cretaceous carbonate platform, U. S. Gulf Coast. - In: SIMO, J.A.T., SCOTT, R.W. & MASSE, J.-P. (eds.): Cretaceous Carbonate Platforms. - American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir, 56: 97-110; Tulsa.
41. SCOTT, R.W. (2001): Upper Albian benthic foraminifers new in west Texas. - Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 32a-b; Washington.
42. SCOTT, R.W., FEE, D., MAGEE, R. & LAALI, H. (1978): Eperic depositional models for the Lower Cretaceous Washita Group, north-central Texas. - Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, Report of Investigations, 94: 1-23; Austin.
43. SCOTT, R.W., FOUKE, B.W. & NEDERBRAGT, A.J. (1996): Defining global Cretaceous events by quantitative stratigraphic techniques. - The Paleontological Society, Special Publication, 8: Sixth North American Paleontological Convention, Abstracts, p. 350.
44. SCOTT, R.W., FRANKS, P.C., STEIN, J.A., BERGEN, J.A. & EVETTS, M.J. (1994): Graphic correlation tests the synchronous Mid-Cretaceous depositional cycles: Western Interior and Gulf Coast. - In: DOLSON, J.C. (ed.): Unconformity-related hydrocarbons in sedimentary sequences. - 89-98; Rocky Mountain Association Geologists.
45. SCOTT, R.W. & KERANS, C. (1999): Biostratigraphic calibration of late Albian rudist-bearing high-frequency sequences, Pecos region, Texas: Implications for eustatic drivers (abst.). - Erlanger geologische Abhandlungen, Sonderband, 3: 63-64; Erlangen.
46. SCOTT, R.W. & KIDSON, E.J. (1977): Lower Cretaceous depositional systems, west Texas. - In: BEBOUT, D.G. & LOUCKS, R.G. (eds.): Cretaceous carbonates of Texas and Mexico. - Bureau of Economic Geology, Report of Investigations, 89: 169-181; Austin.
47. SCOTT, R.W., LAALI, H. & FEE, D.W. (1975): Density-current strata in Lower Cretaceous Washita Group, north-central Texas. - Journal of Sedimentary Petrology. 45: 562-575: Tulsa.
48. SCOTT, R.W., SCHLAGER, W., FOUKE, B. & NEDERBRAGT, S.A. (2000): Are mid-Cretaceous eustatic events recorded in Middle East carbonate platforms? - In: ALSHARHAN, A.S. & SCOTT, R.W. (eds.): Middle East models of Jurassic/Cretaceous carbonate systems. - Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM), Special Publication, 69: 73-84; Tulsa.
49. SCOTT, R.W. & STEIN, J.A. (1995): Age of the Albian/Cenomanian boundary: A graphic correlation solution. - Second international symposium on Cretaceous stage boundaries, Abstract volume, Brussels 8-16 September 1995, Institut royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, p. 112.
50. SMITH, C.I. (1981): Review of the geologic setting, stratigraphy, and facies distribution of the Lower Cretaceous in northern Mexico. - West Texas Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook, Publication, 81-74: 1-27; Arlington.
51. SMITH, C.I., BROWN, J.B. & LOZO, F.E. (2000): Regional stratigraphic cross sections, Comanche Cretaceous (Fredericksburg-Washita Division), Edwards and Stockton Plateaus, West Texas: Interpretation of sedimentary facies, depositional cycles, and tectonic. - Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, 1-39; Austin.
52. SMITH, C.I., CHARLESTON, S. & BROWN, J.B. (1974): Lower Cretaceous shelf, platform, reef, and basinal deposits, southwest Texas and northern Coahuila. - West Texas Geological Society and Permian Basin Section of Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Publication, 74-64: 1-27; Midland.
53. TRÖGER, K.-A. & KENNEDY, J.W. (1996): The Cenomanian stage. - In: RAWSON, P.F., DHONDT, A.V., HANCOCK, J.M. & KENNEDY, W.J. (eds.): Proceedings "Second International Symposium on Cretaceous stage boundaries". - Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre Aardwenstenschappen, 66-Supplement, 57-68.
54. VAN BUCHEM, F., RAZIN, P., HOMEWOOD, P.W., PHILIP, J., EBERLI, G., PLATEL, J.-P., ROGER, J., ESCHARD, R., DESAUBLIAUX, G., BOISSEAU, T., LEDUC, J.-P., LABOURDETTE, R. & CANTALOUBE, S. (1996): High resolution sequence stratigraphy of the Natih Formation (Cenomanian/Turonian) in Northern Oman: Distribution of source rocks and reservoir facies. - GeoArabia, 1: 65-91; Bahrain.
55. YOUNG, K. (1957): Upper Albian (Cretaceous) Ammonoidea from Texas. - Journal of Paleontology, 31: 1-33; Lawrence.
56. YOUNG, K. (1966): Texas Mojsisovicziinae (Ammonidea) and the zonation of the Fredericksburg. - Geological Society Memoir, 100: 1-225; Boulder.
57. YOUNG, K. (1979): Lower Cenomanian and Late Albian (Cretaceous) Ammonites, especially Lyelliceridae, of Texas and Mexico. - Texas Memorial Museum, Bulletin, 26: 1-99; Austin.
58. YOUNG, K. (1986): Cretaceous marine inundations of the San Marcos platform, Texas. - Cretaceous Research, 7: 117-140; London.