Roadside Geology of Texas
by Darwin Spearing
Roadside Geology of Texas
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| I. The Big Picture |
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| Geologic Time |
1
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| A March Through Geologic Time |
3
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| Introduction to the Geology of Texas |
11
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| Other Effects of Geology |
21
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| Why So Much Oil in Texas |
26
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II. The Gulf Coast: Salt Domes, Rivers, Beaches, Dunes and Barrier Islands |
35
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| Meandering Rivers |
38
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| Geologic History of the Texas Barrier Islands |
41
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| Longshore Drift |
44
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| Hurricanes Along the Texas Coast |
47
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| Salt Domes |
49
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| Southeast Texas: Upper Gulf Coast |
55
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| Interstate 10: Houston - San Antonio |
55
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| Interstate 10: Houston - Beaumont - Orange |
57
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| Interstate 35: Temple - Austin - San Marcos |
60
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| Austin |
63
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| Interstate 45: Houston - Galveston |
67
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| Interstate 45: Houston - Centerville |
78
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| US 59: Houston - Victoria |
79
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| US 59: Houston - Lufkin |
79
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| US 290: Houston - Brenham - Austin |
80
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| Texas 36: Richmond / Rosenberg - Damon Mound - Freeport |
82
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| Southwest Texas: Lower Gulf Coast |
85
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| Interstate 35: San Marcos - San Antonio |
85
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| San Antonio |
87
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| Interstate 35: San Antonio - Laredo |
91
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| Interstate 37: Corpus Christi - San Antonio |
93
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| US 59: Victoria - Goliad - Beeville - I-37 |
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| US 77-83: Brownsville - Corpus Christi |
96
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| Padre Island National Seashore |
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| Rockport / Fulton and Aransas National Wildlife Refuge |
101
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| US 83: Laredo - Harlingen |
104
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| Texas 100, 48: Port Isabel and South Padre Island |
107
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| III. Central Texas: Hill Country, Caves, and Plateaus |
113
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| Interstate 10: San Antonio - Kerrville - Bakersfield |
125
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| US 87: Comfort - Fredericksburg |
129
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| US 87: Fredericksburg - Mason |
131
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| US 87: Mason - Brady |
132
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| US 90: Uvalde - Del Rio |
137
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| US 90: Del Rio - Langtry - Sanderson |
138
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| US 183: Lampasas - Austin |
146
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| US 281: Marble Falls - Johnson City |
147
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| US 281: Johnson City - Blanco |
149
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| US 290: Austin - Johnson City - Fredericksburg - I-10 |
150
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| Texas 16: Kerrville - Fredericksburg |
152
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| Texas 16: Fredericksburg - Llano |
153
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| Texas 16: Llano - San Saba |
154
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| Texas 29: Llano - Mason |
156
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| Texas 29: Llano - Buchanan Dam - Burnet |
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| Texas 46: New Braunfels - Boerne |
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| Farm Road 965: Fredericksburg - Enchanted Rock State Park - Texas 16 |
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| Enchanted Rock State Park |
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Park 4, Farm Road 2342, Farm Road 1431: Buchanan Dam - Inks Lake State Park - Longhorn Cavern State Park - Marble Falls |
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| Farm Road 2766: Johnson City - Pedernales Falls State Park |
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| Hill County Drives: Kerrville - Bandera - Lost Maples and Garner State Parks |
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| IV. Northeast Texas: Lignite and Piney Woods |
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| Interstate 20 and 635: South of Dallas - Fort Worth |
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| Interstate 20: Dallas - Marshall |
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| Interstate 30: Dallas - Texarkana |
196
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| Interstate 35E: Denton - Dallas |
198
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| Interstate 35 and 35W: Fort Worth - Waco - Temple |
198
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| Interstate 45: Dallas - Corsicana - Centerville |
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| Interstate 820 and 35W: Fort Worth - Gainesville - Red River |
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| US 59: Texarkana (I-30) - Marshall (1-20) |
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| US 59 - 259: Lufkin - Nacogdoches - Kilgore |
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| V. Northcentral Texas: Red Beds and Dinosaur Tracks |
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| Interstate 20: Roscoe - Abilene - Fort Worth |
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| US 84: Coleman - Abilene |
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| US 84 - 183: Coleman - Brownwood - Lampass |
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| US 180 - Texas 16 Loop: Weatherford - Mineral Wells - Possum Kingdom Lake |
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| US 283: Brady - Coleman |
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| US 287: Childress - Wichita Falls - Fort Worth |
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| US 377, Texas 144, Farm Road 205: Fort Worth - Granbury - Glen Rose - Dinosaur Valley State Park |
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| Dinosaur Valley State Park |
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| VI. West Texas: Mountain Country |
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| Interstate 10: Bakersfield - Fort Stockton - Van Horn - El Paso - New Mexico Border |
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| Interstate 20: Monahans - Pecos - Interstate 10 |
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| US 62 - 180: El Paso - Guadalupe Mountains National Park - New Mexico Border |
267
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| US 90: Marfa - Alpine |
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| US 90: Sanderson - Marathon - Alpine |
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| US 285: Fort Stockton - Pecos - New Mexico Border |
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| US 385: Marathon - Big Bend National Park |
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| Big Bend National Park |
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| The North Road: Persimmon Gap - Panther Junction |
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| The East Road: Panther Junction - Boquillas Canyon |
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| The Basin Road: Main Highway - The Basin on Park Route 4 |
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| The West Road: Panther Junction - West Park Boundary and Study Butte |
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| Maxwell Drive: West Road - Castolon and Santa Elena Canyon |
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| Texas 17: Fort Davis - Marfa |
321
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| Texas 54: Van Horn - US 62-180 - Guadalupe Mountains National Park |
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| Guadalupe Mountains National Park |
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| Texas 118: Study Butte - Alpine |
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| Texas 118: Alpine - Fort Davis |
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| Texas 118: Fort Davis - Kent (I-10) |
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| Texas 170: Study Butte - Terlingua - Lajitas - Presidio |
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| VII. Northwest Texas: The Panhandle - High Plains |
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| Interstate 20: Monahans - Odessa - Midland - Big Spring - Rosco |
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| Monahans Sandhills State Park |
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| Odessa Meteor Crater |
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| Interstate 40: Oklahoma - Amarillo - New Mexico |
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| US 84: New Mexico - Farwell - Lubbock - Post - Snyder - Roscoe - I-20 |
369
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| US 287: Amarillo - Childress |
370
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| Texas 18: Monahans - Kermit - New Mexico State Line |
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| Texas 86, 256, 207: Tulia - Silverton - Claude - Quitaque - Turkey |
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| Caprock Canyons State Park |
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| Texas 136: Amarillo - Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument |
376
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| Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument |
377
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| Texas 217: Canyon - Palo Duro Canyon State Park |
378
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| Palo Duro Canyon State Park |
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| Texas 349, US 87, Interstate 27: Midland - Lamesa - Lubbock - Plainview - Canyon - Amarillo |
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| Maps and Information |
388
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| Credits |
390
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| Glossary |
397
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| Index |
409
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