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Publication Date
March 1981
Type
Thesis
Abstract
Sistema Purificación, a large cave system in the northern Sierra Madre Oriental of northeastern Mexico, is developed in the Tamaulipas and Tamabra Formations, a sequence of middle Cretaceous carbonates about 400 meters thick. The formations formed in a basinal to periplatform environment near the Platforma Valles-San Luis Potosí, a large carbonate platform simultaneously developing to the south and southwest. The Tamaulipas Formation is strategically underlain by shaly limestone, shale, sandstone, and conglomerate of the Early Cretaceous Taraises, the Late Jurassic La Caja, and the Late Jurassic La Joya Formations.
Institution
California State University, Los Angeles
Keywords
Geology
Geographic Location
Mexico
Language
English
Identifier
K26-04351
Recommended Citation
Hose, Louise D., "The Geology and Hydrogeology of the Sistema Purification Area, Villa Hidalgo, Tamaulipas, Mexico" (1981). KIP Theses and Dissertations. 7.
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