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January 2019 Bulletin

A Revised Age Range For Texas Gulf Coast Serpentine Mounds

By Mark E. Thompson

Geologist

San Antonio, Texas

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November Bulletin

Stratigraphic Architecture, Depositional Systems of the Mississippian Upper Barnett Two Finger Sand Interval, Midland Basin, Texas

By Justin V. Mauck1,2, Robert G. Loucks2, and David J. Entzminger3

1 Schlumberger Technology Corporation, 7220 W Hwy 20, Midland, Texas 79706, U.S.A

2 Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, University Station, Box X, Austin, Texas 78713–8924, U.S.A.

Evaporites in the McKnight Formation: Evidence for a Miocene Age to Fresh Water Flushing of the Maverick Basin, Southwest TexasBy Mark E. Thompson and M. Jeff RidingsPetroleum GeologistsSan Antonio, Texas IntroductionThe Maverick Basin is a relatively small depositional basin of Mesozoic age located in extreme southwest Texas (Fig. 1). The basin originated in the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic as a rift basin created during the early formation of the Gulf of Mexico.