Upper Jurassic Facies Relationships and Their Interdependence on Salt Tectonism in Rains, Van Zandt and Adjacent Counties, East Texas, by Scott Wilkinson, Pages 153 - 156
from:
East Texas Geological Society Publication: The Jurassic of East Texas, Edited by Mark W. Presley
Copyright 1984 by East Texas Geological Society. All rights reserved.

Upper Jurassic Facies Relationships and Their Interdependence on Salt Tectonism in Rains, Van Zandt and Adjacent Counties, East Texas

Scott Wilkinson
Department of Geology,
Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

ABSTRACT

Movement of Louann salt controlled the distribution of sediments and formation thicknesses during deposition of Smackover, Buckner, and Gilmer (Upper Jurassic) facies. Two trends of salt anticlines through Rains and Van Zandt Counties began to develop in late Smackover time; greatest movement was during development of the Buckner; movement slowed and ended with Gilmer sedimentation.