The Boquillas Formation of the Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA, a reference Cenomanian through Santonian (Upper Cretaceous) carbonate succession at the southern end of the Western Interior Seaway

Cooper, D. A.; Cooper, R.W.; Stevens, J. B.; Stevens, M. S.; Cobban, W. A.; Walaszczyk, I.

doi:10.1515/agp-2017-0033

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The Boquillas Formation of the Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA, a reference Cenomanian through Santonian (Upper Cretaceous) carbonate succession at the southern end of the Western Interior Seaway

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Cooper D. A. , Cooper R.W. , Stevens J. B. , Stevens M. S. , Cobban W. A. , Walaszczyk I.

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10.1515/agp-2017-0033

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The upper lower Cenomanian through middle Santonian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Boquillas Formation in the Big Bend Region of Trans-Pecos Texas consists of a marine carbonate succession deposited at the southern end of the Western Interior Seaway. The Boquillas Formation, subdivided into the lower, c. 78 m thick limestone-shale Ernst Member, and the upper, c. 132 m thick limestone/chalk/marl San Vicente Member, was deposited in a shallow shelf open marine environment at the junction between the Western Interior Seaway and the western margins of the Tethys Basin. Biogeographically, the area was closely tied with the southern Western Interior Seaway. The richly fossiliferous upper Turonian, Coniacian and lower Santonian parts of the Boquillas Formation are particularly promising for multistratigraphic studies.

Słowa kluczowe

Boquillas Formation Upper Cretaceous US Western Interior Seaway lithostratigraphy biostratigraphy paleoenvironment

formacja Boquillas górna kreda litostratygrafia biostratygrafia paleośrodowisko

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Faculty of Geology of the University of Warsaw
Komitet Nauk Geologicznych PAN

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Acta Geologica Polonica

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2017

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Vol. 67, no. 4

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547--565

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Bibliogr. 46 poz., rys., wykr.

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Cooper D. A.

deeanncooper@yahoo.com

Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists, License No. 2238, Austin, TX 78757, USA

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Cooper R.W.

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Stevens J. B.

PO Box 608, Terlingua, TX 79852, USA

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Stevens M. S.

PO Box 608, Terlingua, TX 79852, USA

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Cobban W. A.

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Walaszczyk I.

University of Warsaw, Al. Żwirki i Wigury 92, PL-02-089, Warszawa, Poland

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