Anacacho Limestone
| Anacacho Limestone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous | |
| Type | Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Texas |
| Country | United States |
The Anacacho Limestone is a unit of limestone of Cretaceous (Campanian) age in Texas.
Description
[edit]The Anacacho Limestone is composed predominantly of limestone (wackestone, packstone, and grainstone).[1]
Geographic Extent
[edit]Outcrops of the Anacacho Limestone are present in Kinney, Uvalde, Medina, and Bexar Counties of Texas.[2]
Stratigraphic Setting
[edit]The Anacacho Limestone overlies the Upson Clay, and is overlain by the Corsicana Marl.[3]
Age
[edit]The Anacacho Limestone is of Cretaceous (Campanian) age.[4]
Interpretation of Depositional Environment
[edit]Most of the Anacacho Limestone is interpreted as having accumulated in relatively shallow (<50 m depth) marine water.[5]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Swezey, C.S., and Sullivan, E.C., 2004, Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Anacacho Limestone, Texas, USA: Cretaceous Research, v. 25, p. 473-497.
- ^ Swezey, C.S., and Sullivan, E.C., 2004, Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Anacacho Limestone, Texas, USA: Cretaceous Research, v. 25, p. 473-497.
- ^ Swezey, C.S., and Sullivan, E.C., 2004, Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Anacacho Limestone, Texas, USA: Cretaceous Research, v. 25, p. 473-497.
- ^ Swezey, C.S., and Sullivan, E.C., 2004, Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Anacacho Limestone, Texas, USA: Cretaceous Research, v. 25, p. 473-497.
- ^ Swezey, C.S., and Sullivan, E.C., 2004, Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Anacacho Limestone, Texas, USA: Cretaceous Research, v. 25, p. 473-497.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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