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Volume: 9 (1925)

Issue: 6. (September)

First Page: 1009

Last Page: 1017

Title: Caliche and Pseudo-Anticlines

Author(s): W. Armstrong Price

Abstract:

Observations in central Tamaulipas, Mexico, indicate that pseudo-anticlines may be formed by deposition of caliche (lime carbonate) at shallow depths below the surface. The surface rocks are accordingly disturbed, and dips up to 17° have been observed on strata which are apparently in place. The maximum vertical uplift of these caliche-formed pseudo-anticlines is about 15 feet; their length along the axis of the "buckle" may be as much as 2,000 feet. Beneath the pseudo-anticline the strata are essentially horizontal.

Caliche deposition is seen to be a factor in the process of weathering in semi-arid regions: On the one hand, it moves and disrupts rock beds and aids in the penetration of plant roots at the outcrop; on the other hand, it retards weathering and erosion by re-cementing the rock fragments.

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