Bone Spring Formation
| Bone Spring Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Leonardian | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Delaware Mountain Group |
| Thickness | 1,000 m (3,300 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Shale, sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 30°42′42″N 103°41′09″W / 30.7118°N 103.6859°W |
| Region | Texas New Mexico |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Bone Spring Canyon |
| Named by | Blanchard and Davis |
| Year defined | 1929 |
  Bone Spring Formation (the United States)  Bone Spring Formation (Texas) | |
The Bone Spring Formation is a geologic formation found in the Delaware Basin in Texas and New Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Leonardian Age of the Permian Period.[1]
Description
The formation consists of dark gray deep marine limestone interbedded with shale and sandstone[1] interpreted as turbidites.[2]
History of investigation
The formation was first designated the Bone Springs Limestone by Blanchard and Davis in 1929.[3] It has subsequently been demoted to membership in the Delaware Mountain Formation,[4] renamed the Bone Spring Limestone,[5] and most recently redesigned the Bone Spring Formation.[1]
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in New Mexico
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Texas
Footnotes
References
- Blanchard, W. Grant, Jr.; Davis, Morgan J. (1929). "Permian Stratigraphy and Structure of Parts of Southeastern New Mexico and Southwestern Texas". AAPG Bulletin. 13. doi:10.1306/3D93286E-16B1-11D7-8645000102C1865D.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - King, Philip B.; King, Robert E. (1929). "Stratigraphy of Outcropping Carboniferous and Permian Rocks of Trans-Pecos Texas". AAPG Bulletin. 13. doi:10.1306/3D93286B-16B1-11D7-8645000102C1865D.
- King, P. B. (31 August 1934). "Permian stratigraphy of trans-Pecos Texas". Geological Society of America Bulletin. 45 (4): 697–798. doi:10.1130/GSAB-45-697.
- Kues, B.S.; Giles, K.A. (2004). "The late Paleozoic Ancestral Rocky Mountain system in New Mexico". In Mack, G.H.; Giles, K.A. (eds.). The geology of New Mexico. A geologic history: New Mexico Geological Society Special Volume 11. pp. 95–136. ISBN 9781585460106.
- Mazzullo, S. J. (1995). "Permian Stratigraphy and Facies, Permian Basin (Texas—New Mexico) and Adjoining Areas in the Midcontinent United States". The Permian of Northern Pangea: 41–60. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-78590-0_3.
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