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West Texas Geological Society

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West Texas Geological Society Bulletin
Vol. 31 (1991), No. 4. (December), Pages 5-8

The Highly Radioactive Gamma Ray Spike of the Post-Fusselman Flooding Surface in Far West Texas and South-Central New Mexico

W.M. Colleary, D.V. LeMone, John Warme, James Crafton, J.T. Farraro

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A highly radioactive gamma ray stratum has been revealed from hand-held scintillometer measurements at Anthony Gap in the northern Franklin Mountains, El Paso County, Texas, and Dona Ana County, New Mexico. This unit overlies the karsted Middle Silurian Crazycat Member of the Fusselman Formation, and is interpreted to be a transgressive flooding surface deposit of the overlying Late Middle Devonian Canutillo Formation. This flooding surface deposit is considered to be similar to the “hot” marker argillaceous shale overlying the Fusselman Formation of the central Midland Basin.


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