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the use of these materials include an acknowledgement of the presenter and Hot Science - Cool Talks
by the Environmental Science Institute at UT Austin. We hope you find these materials educational
and enjoyable.
Dr. Richard Kyle
March 24, 2000
Geologic History of Texas:
The Making of Texas
Over 1.5 Billion Years
# 4
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Geologic History of Texas: The Making of Texas over 1.5 Billion Years
J. Richard Kyle
Department of Geological Sciences
The University of Texas at Austin
Geologic History of Texas:The Making of Texas over 1.5 Billion Years
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I am grateful to many individuals who have contributed to
my understanding of the geologic history of Texas,
particularly present and former colleagues at The
University of Texas at Austin in the Department of
Geological Sciences, the Bureau of Economic Geology,
the Institute for Geophysics, and the Texas Memorial
Museum. These individuals and institutions have
contributed many of the illustrative materials contained
in this CD-ROM.
The presentation contained herein was made by J. Richard Kyle and is intended for educational purposes only.
Any use of this work, partial or complete, must cite J. Richard Kyle and this Outreach Lecture Series Volume 4.
No portion of this product may be reproduced or distributed in any form.
March 2000
Acknowledgments
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3. Texas Today
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Plate Tectonics
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Texas Geography
Austin
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Texas Geology
Austin
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7. Geologic time scale – major Texas events
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Geologic Time Principles
8. Geologic Time Principles
Several geologic principles are fundamental to using the rock record to
interpret processes.
Original Horizontality: Most rocks that form at the Earth's surface are
deposited in essentially horizontal layers. Therefore, when layered
rocks are not horizontal, they probably have been affected by post-
depositional processes such as a tectonic event.
Superposition: When layered rocks are formed, they are deposited in
an orderly sequence with the oldest being at the base of the sequence
and the strata becoming progressively younger upward. Therefore
when a sequence of rocks differs from the predicted sequence, or layers
are missing, then an explanation for the cause of these differences is
required.
Cross-cutting Relationships: Features such as faults or igneous
intrusions generally cross-cut or affect all rocks that were present locally
at the time of the faulting or intrusive event.
Uniformitarianism: Present Earth processes are useful in
understanding the types and rates of processes that have affected the
Earth during past periods of geologic history.
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Central Texas roadcut
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Llano stratigraphic column
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Llano rocks
Geologic Time
D
B
A
C
Protero-
zoic
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
Time Interpretation Based on Llano Stratigraphic Column
0 Ma
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1200
1400
A
B
C
DErosion
Erosion
Erosion
Erosion
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Central Texas geologic map
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Deformed metamorphic rocks cut by granite dike
Intrusive dike crosscutting
folded metamorphic rocks.
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Enchanted Rock
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Granite slabs
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Tectonic Model for the Precambrian History of the Llano Region
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Himalayas
India
Tibet Plateau
Himalayas
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Late Proterozoic Position of Texas
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Precambrian – Paleozoic time chart
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Complex topography on Enchanted Rock
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Great Barrier Reef, eastern Australia
Bird
Tree Covered Island
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PLATES Lower Paleozoic reconstruction
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Lower Paleozoic life panorama
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Marathon map
Marathon
Uplift
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Marathon exposures
Dip
direction
Flat-lying
Cretaceous
Limestones
Haymond Formation
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Caballos Novaculite aerial exposures
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Marathon tectonic evolution
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New Guinea
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PLATES Late Paleozoic
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Ouachita Orogeny and Formation of the Permian Basin
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Delaware Basin
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Delaware Basin Section
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El Capitan Reef
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Permian Basin filling by Evaporites
OPEN
OCEAN
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Evaporation
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Potash-bearing salt at Carlsbad
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Mesozoic – Cenozoic time chart
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PLATES Early Mesozoic
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Rifting and Formation of the Gulf of Mexico Basin
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Death Valley, California
Volcano
Salt Lake
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Gulf of Mexico – Pacific Connection
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Distribution of northern Gulf of Mexico Salt Diapirs
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East Texas Basin Salt Structures
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Salt in a Salt Dome Mine
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Distribution of Cretaceous Limestones
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Cretaceous Limestone Exposures along the Colorado River in Austin
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Cretaceous Volcanoes in Central and South Texas
Uvalde area
Pilot Knob
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Hawaii volcano
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Cretaceous Interior Seaway
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West Texas Cretaceous Stratigraphy
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Clean up
Formation of the Rocky Mountains
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Mesozoic Life – Dinosaurs
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PLATES End Cretaceous Asteroid Impact
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Subduction off the Western Coast of Southern North America
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Mid-Tertiary Volcanic Field
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Explosive Volcanic Eruption
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Bofecillos Mountains ignimbrites
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West Texas caldera field
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Laccolith Formation
Corazones Peaks
(laccoliths)
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Solitario
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Gulf Coast sedimentary sequence
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Louisiana Bayou
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Tertiary Lignite Deposits in East Texas
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Gulf of Mexico Shoreline since the Cretaceous
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Ogallala Formation
OGALLALA
FORMATION
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Pecos River Headward Erosion
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Rifting in West Texas and New Mexico
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Salt Basin
Guadalupe
Peak
(8,749 feet)
El Capitan
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Cave Decoration at Carlsbad
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Late Cenozoic Life
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Ice Ages
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Barrier island development
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Texas Coastal Bend
Gulf of Mexico
Corpus Christi Bay
Brazos River
Delta
Barrier
Island
Mississippi
River Delta
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Padre Island
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Conclusion:
The geologic history of Texas is recorded in rocks that are
exposed throughout the state and fill sedimentary basins.
These rocks document more than a billion years of change.
Those changes include the building and erosion of major
mountain ranges, explosive volcanoes, strong earthquakes,
vast deserts, evaporating salt basins, tropical forests, river
and delta systems, tropical seas and barrier reefs, and
beaches and barrier islands.
Erosion of highlands filled subsiding sedimentary basins and
adjacent continental margins. Colliding plates deformed,
metamorphosed, and uplifted these materials to continue the
rock cycle.
Texas' abundant and varied mineral resources are products
of these geologic events.
Conclusion
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Professor Richard Kyle
Richard Kyle is the Third C. E. Yager Professor of Geology at The
University of Texas at Austin. He received a Ph. D. from the University of
Western Ontario and worked as a minerals exploration geologist for
several companies prior to joining the UT faculty in 1978. Kyle is the
author of more than 75 publications, including writing or editing six
books. His research contributions have been recognized by awards from
regional and national professional societies. Professor Kyle is the Editor
of Ore Geology Reviews, an international economic geology journal. His
teaching responsibilities and research interests include Texas geology, ore
deposits geology and geochemistry, minerals exploration, industrial
minerals, and multimedia approaches to geoscience education. He has
received departmental and college awards for teaching, program
development, and student advising. Since1988, Kyle has taught a non-
majors course on the Geology and Mineral Resources of Texas.