The Geology of the Northern Alto Relex Area, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas

Schoen RL. The Geology of the Northern Alto Relex Area, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. Research Permit and Reporting System

Detailed, 1:12,000-scale geologic field mapping was conducted around Alto Relex in the northern Sierra Del Carmen Mountains in Big Bend National Park. Alto Relex is a prominent, near vertical, ~1,000 foot-high fault-line scarp. Cretaceous rocks in the area were folded and faulted by Laramide compression, intruded by Tertiary sills and overprinted by high-angle normal faults from Basin and Range extension.

Type
Unpublished Report
Authors
Schoen, Robert
Publisher
Research Permit and Reporting System
Units
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