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Volume: 25 (1941)

Issue: 5. (May)

First Page: 936

Last Page: 937

Title: Resume on Sedimentation in Gulf Coast Region of Texas and Louisiana: ABSTRACT

Author(s): L. W. Storm

Article Type: Meeting abstract

Abstract:

The structure, composition, and manner of accumulation of present-day deposits along the coast are described along with those of Recent and Pleistocene time still largely intact. Meaning of the topography on the surface of these deposits, and their relation to Glacial history are discussed.

Following this and using it as a background, the more significant features of formations back to the beginning of the Eocene are reviewed.

Topics receiving special attention are: delta structure of several kinds and the concept

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of a Deltaic Coastal Plain; subsidence under load and the Gulf Coast geosyncline changes of Gulf Coast sediments in the direction of the dip and along the strike; and structural changes contemporaneous with deposition of sediments.

The manner in which the facts and theories discussed may be used by geologists in the search for oil.

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