University of Texas at Austin : Geological Circulars (C) 11x8.5" Illustrated

TX C 65-1 : 1965 : Bloating Characteristics of East Texas Clays, by W. L. Fisher and L. E. Garner. 20 p., 12 figs. $2

TX C 77-5 : 1977 : Relationship of Porosity Formation and Preservation to Sandstone Consolidation History—Gulf Coast Lower Tertiary Frio Formation, by R. G. Loucks, D. G. Bebout, and W. E. Galloway. 12 p., 21 figs., 2 tables (nicked edge) $1

University of Texas at Austin : Publications (P) 6x9" before #4300, 7x10" after.

TX P 5015 : 1950 : Index to Well Samples, by D. E. Feray and J. L. Starnes. 148 p. Includes some extra copies of circulars of other well records. (spine a bit rough) $3.

TX P 5305 : 1953 : Geology of Henrys Chapel quadrangle, northeastern Cherokee county, Texas, by H.B. Stenzel. 119p., 57 figs, 1 large color geologic map in pocket. (spine rough, one part taped) $18

TX P 6210 : 1962 : Annotated Bibliography, and Index, of Conodonts [with two supplements], by S. P. Ellison, Jr. 128 p., 6 charts. (minor pencil marks) $8

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University of Texas at Austin : Reports of Investigations (RI)
7x10" prior to 50, 8.5x11" after that. (some sunned edges, bumped corners)

TX RI 1 : 1946 : Rustler Springs Sulphur Deposits as a Source of Fertilizer, by G. L. Evans. 13 p., 3 figs., $1

TX RI 12 : 1952 : Geology of the Blacklands Experimental Watershed, Near Waco, Texas, by H. R. Blank, N. L. Stoltenberg, and H. H. Emmerich. 46 p., 1 figure, 4 pls., 1 map in pocket, $1

TX RI 13 : 1952 : Boundary of the Pennsylvanian and Permian(?) in the Subsurface Scurry Reef, Scurry County, Texas, by W. A. Heck, K. A. Yenne, and L. G. Henbest. 17 p., 5 figs., 1 plate, 1952. $1

TX RI 16 : 1952 : The Hazel Copper – Silver mine, Culberson county, Texas. By Peter T. Flawn. 23p., 4 figures, 7 plates (6 in pocket), 1 table. (sunned spine) $22

TX RI 20 : 1953 : Cretaceous of Llano Estacado of Texas. By John P. Brand. 61p., 5 plates (1 in pocket), 4 tables, 14 figures. $9

TX RI 37 : 1958 : Mineral Resources of the Colorado River Industrial Development Association Area, by J. W. Dietrich and J. T. Lonsdale. 84 p., 22 figs., 9 pls/maps in pocket. $20

TX RI 41 : 1960 : Stratigraphy of the Blach Ranch-Crystal Falls Section (Upper Pennsylvanian), Northern Stephens County, Texas, by L. F. Brown, Jr. 45 p., 6 figs., 3 pls/maps in pocket. $12

TX RI 54 : 1965 : Rock and Mineral Resources of East Texas, by W. L. Fisher, with contributions by C. R. Chelf, C. A. Shelby, L. E. Garner, D. E. Owen, and D. A. Schofield. 439 p., 71 figs., 6 pls. This is a huge, fat, 8.5x11", book-like report with many large maps in pocket.

TX RI 56 : 1966 : Limestone and Dolomite Resources, Lower Cretaceous Rocks, Texas, by P. U. Rodda, W. L. Fisher, W. R. Payne, and D. A. Schofield. 286 p., 22 figs., 4 pls. $19

TX RI 59 : 1967 : Lower Cretaceous Sands of Texas: Stratigraphy and Resources, by W. L. Fisher and P. U. Rodda. 116 p., 8.5x11", 12 figs., 3 pls. including 1 map.

TX RI 60 : 1967 : Sand Resources of Texas Gulf Coast, by L. E. Garner. 85 p., 8.5x11", 12 figs., 6 pls., including 1 map. $7

TX RI 68 : 1970 : Pre-Chappel Conodonts of the Llano Region, Texas, by G. Seddon. 130 p., 9 figs., 19 pls., frontispiece. (good : some pencil marks) $4

TX RI 70 : 1971 : Correlation of Tertiary Rock Units, West Texas, by R. A. Maxwell and J. W. Dietrich. 34 p., 1 plate (back cover spotty, slightest warp, upper spine end a bit rough). 10x7" $4

TX RI 81 : 1974 : Approaches to Environmental Geology: A Colloquium and Workshop, E. G. Wermund, Editor. 268 p., 125 figs., 52 tables, (spine scuffed in a couple spots, minor soil on edge of page block) $4

TX RI 88 : 1977 : The Moore Hollow Group of Central Texas, by V. E. Barnes and W. C. Bell. 169 p., 13 figs., 24 tables, 18 pls., Plates are in large separate envelope. (faint soil on cover and envelope, contents very good) $6

TX RI 250 : 1998 : Permeability Structure of the Edwards Aquifer, South Texas: Implications for Aquifer Management, by Susan D. Hovorka, Robert E. Mace, and Edward W. Collins. 55p., 30 figs., 12 tables. (bumped corners) $4

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Southern Methodist University : Journal - Graduate Research Center 9x6"

TX SMU Vol. 31 #1/2 : Feb. 1963 : Cost analysis in the Petroleum industry. 116p. $8

TX SMU Vol. 32 #1/2 : Oct. 1963 : The decision makers - the power structure of Dallas. 135p. (bumped corner) $10

TX SMU Vol. 33 #1 : April 1964 : 6 articles. Mathematics. Cherokee "burn" chant / conjuration. 54p. $3

TX SMU Vol. 34 #1/2 : Mark 1965 : Single crystal elastic constants and calculated aggregate properties. 269p. plate in pocket. $8

TX SMU Vol. 34 #3 : June 1965 : Geographical essays presented to honor Edwin J. Foscue. 100p. Illus. $5

TX SMU Vol. 35 #1 : Jan. 1966 : 5 articles. $1

TX SMU Vol 36 #1 : Jan. 1967 : Hasin bounds for aggregates of cubic crystals. 87p. $3

TX SMU Vol. 38 #3/4 : Sept. 1970 : Papers from the Dept. of Biology, SMU. 83p. Illus. $5

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Texas Geological Materials : Misc. (Split into sections below : Maps, Books, Offprints and Small papers)
Unless otherwise noted, these are in very good condition. Clean, tight, square and flat. Spines a bit sunned, edges lightly bumped. Owner's name or stamp, cover may be slightly soiled. Individual condition notes below.

MISC. TX MAPS : Good to VG condition. (see also Mexico for some related maps)

Geologic map of basal cretaceous rocks between Colorado and Red Rivers, Texas. University of Texas, publication number not listed. 1966. Scale 1” = 8 miles. Color, folded. $5

Geologic map of Cathedral Mountain quadrangle, Brewster county, Texas, with structure sections. Scale 1 : 625000, full color. This looks like it is from GSA bulletin volume 66 (1955), but it does not indicate an issue or an article title. Author is McAnulty. Folded. $15

Geologic map of Colorado River industrial development association area, Texas. Full color map covering the region from San Saba county to Matagorda county along the Colorado River. From USGS Geological map of Texas, 1937 - though this is a relatively new map. Univ. of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology. Listed as "Grid A area, Plate 1, but doesn't say from what." Scale 1" = 8 miles. $6

Geologic map of the Carboniferous formations in the Llano region, Texas, by F. B. Plummer. (This is plate 1 from Texas Publication 4329 : The Carboniferous Rocks of the Llano Region of Central Texas, by F. B. Plummer, 1943.) Color, folded, scale : 1” = 3 miles. (minor spot, shows on back only) $9

Geologic quadrangle Map 38 : Austin West, Travis county, Texas. 1970. By Peter U. Rodda, L. E. Garner, and G. L. Dawe. Texas Bureau of Economic Geology. 1 color map, 1 chart, 11 pages of text (Geology of the Austin West quadrangle, Travis county, Texas), all in a printed envelope. Very Good, envelope edges bumped. $24

North-south correlation cross section, southern Edwards Plateau, Southwest Texas. 10x13" sheet. No publication source listed. Figure 13. $1

Permian Basin (TX) (shows field locations in TX panhandle and adjacent NM). Oil and Gas journal Supp. to Vol. 51 #24. Some color. $1

Stratigraphic section of lower Glen Rose deposits. 11x18" sheet. No publication source listed. Figure 9. (minor soil) $1

MISC. TX BOOKS : (Papers/Off-prints farther down page)

Clastic Diapirism in the Gueydan (Catahoula) formation, Live Oak and McMullen counties, Texas. by Paul S. Freeman. MA thesis. Bulletin #9 : 1971 : Corpus Christi Geological Society. 11x8.5" Illus. 107p. $8

East-west cross section through southern Permian basin of West Texas: Fisher county through El Paso county, with text. 1949. West Texas Geological Society. 11x8.5", 34p. Text only - no cross-sections. (sunned, bumped corner) $3

Geology of the West Flower Garden Bank (outer edge of the Texas - Louisiana continental shelf). by Goldsborough, Serpell, Edwards. Texas A&M University Sea Grant Program : TAMU-SG-71-215 : 1971. 200p. one-sided, fold-out. 11x8.5" (lower spine end a bit rough) $10

Highway Geology Symposium : Proceedings. Resources & Transportation : 31st Annual. Published 1981. Sponsored by the Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, and Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation. Comb Bound, 11x8.5”, 188p., nicely illustrated. (bumped corner) $16

Nearsurface sediments of the continental shelf off Louisiana (TX) by H.N. Fisk. Univ. of Texas, Bureau of Econ. geol. Reprint from Proceedings of 8th TX conference on Soil mechanics and foundation engineering. 1956. 11x8.5" 40p., color illus. $4

Oil and gas fields of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. 1963 Panhandle Geological Society. Hardback, 11x8.5”, 263p. , illus., including fold-outs. Content consists of 5 general articles and 52 detailed pieces on specific oil or gas fields. (cover very lightly rubbed) $30

Reports on the Cretaceous area north of the Colorado River : I. The Bosque Division, II. The Lampasas - Williamson section (TX). by J.A. Taff. Hardbound, 110p., illus. fold-out section. This has apparently been extracted from Geological Survey of Texas 3rd Annual Report (for 1891), 1892, pages 271-379., then professionally hardbound. (Good : Owner's plate. Cover edges sunned, with minor soil. Paper darkened with age. First page has a beautifully repaired tear. Last two pages are rough with repaired tears and corner tip) gr. $36

Sandstone and shale diagenesis of the Frio formation (Oligocene), Texas gulf coast : a close look at Sandstone/Shale contacts. by Keith Barry Sullivan. MA thesis, University of Texas at Austin. 1988. Very nice Hardback book. 242p., original photos (some color) glued in. (one page tip bent, original hinge material caused a little rippling at each hinge). $20

Temperatures variations and their relation to groundwater flow, South Texas, Gulf coast basin by Deborah S. Pfeiffer. 1988 University of Texas at Austin, M.A. Thesis. 199p., illus, map in pocket. Handsome hardback. (covers barely rubbed. End papers have minor discoloration which may be from binding glue) $21

Misc. TX Offprints and Small Papers:~9x6" unless otherwise noted. (Misc. BOOKS above)

Artesia group of New Mexico and west Texas. By Tait, Ahlen, Gordon, Scott, Motts, and Spitler. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1962, Vol. 46(4), pages 504-517. $3

Buried hill at Wilcox – Carrizo contact in East Texas. By H.B. Stenzel. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1951, Vol. 35(8), pages 1815-1828. $3

Clays of Texas. 1906. Trans Amer Inst Mining Engin. 38p., nice photos. (back page folded) $4

Comanchean stratigraphy of Kent quadrangle, Trans-Pecos Texas. (Jeff Davis county, Reeves county, Culberson county). By John P. Brand and Ronald K. Deford. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1958, Vol. 42(2), pages 371-386. $3

Connell sandstone, Oil Creek formation, Simpson group, West Texas. By R.H. Schweers. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1949, Vol. 33(12), pages 2029-2036. $2

Conodonts from the Burnam Limestone of Central Texas by Glen Merrill. 1965 Texas Journal of Science Vol. 17(4). 60p., plates. (minimal pencil marks) $9

Depositional environments of marine-dominated bedded halite, Permian San Andres formation, Texas. by Susan Hovorka. 1987. Extracted from Sedimentology 34, pp 1029-1954, illus. $3

Dust storm sediments of Lubbock area, Texas. By Kerby E. Laprade. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1957, Vol. 41(4), pages 709-726. $3

Geologic reconnaissance of the Fort Davis National Historic Site, Texas, by A. Gordon Everett. 1967. The Pearce-Sellards Series ; Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas at Austin, No. 6. 19p., illus., 10x7". $4

Isotopic evidence for the early meteoric diagenesis of the reef facies, Permian reef complex of West Texas and New Mexico, by R. Kevin Given and Kyger C. Lohmann. 1986. Extracted from the Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, vol. 56(2), pages 183-193, illus., 11x8.5". $2

Mexia – Talco fault line in Hopkins and Delta counties, Texas. By Dilworth S. Hager and Claude M. Burnett. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1960, Vol. 44(3), pages 316-356. $8

Palynologic correlations in Cretaceous Eagle Ford Group, northeast Texas. By C.W. Brown and R.L. Pierce. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1962, Vol. 46(12), pages 2133-2147. $3

Pennsylvanian subsurface geology of Sutton and Schleicher counties, Texas. By Raymond W. Rall and Elizabeth P. Rall. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1958, Vol. 42(4), pages 839-870. $7

Permian tectonic history in Glass mountains, Texas. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1962, Vol. 46(9), pages 1728-1734. $1

Petrogenesis of Permian Delaware mountain sandstone, Texas and New Mexico. By Joseph P.D. Hull, Jr. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1957, Vol. 41(2), pages 278-307. $6

Pleistocene Berclair Terrace of Medio Creek, Bee county, Texas. By James E. Conkin and Barbara M. Conkin. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1962, Vol. 46(3), pages 344-353. $2

Review of R.T. Hill's report on Artesian water in Texas. 1890's. Texas Geol Survey ? 44p. Some controversy arose following the report, which was distributed in a limited manner. (front cover detached with edge chips (lower blank edge missing), library plate). $4

Roads and material for their construction in the Black Prairie region of Texas by Robert Hill. Clay soils 1889? Bulletin Univ. of Texas. 22p. Fold out map! costs, lots neat vintage material. This is an offprint. 9x6" (Stamps, filing marks) $4

Seymour Strawn and Caddo fields, Baylor county, Texas. By Fred R. Haeberle. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1956, Vol. 40(5), pages 879-889. $3

Siliciclastic grain breakage and displacement due to carbonate crystal growth : an example from the Lueders formation (Permian) of north-central Texas, U.S.A. by Chris Buczynski and Henry S. Chafetz. 1987. Extracted from Sedimentology 34, pp 837-843, illus. $1

Slick – Wilcox field, Deweitt and Goliad counties, Texas. By Louie Sebring, Jr. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1948, Vol. 32(2), pages 228-251. (Two figs. missing narrow slice from where printing was close to binding). $4

Strand-line accumulation of Petroleum, Jim Hogg county, Texas. By James C. Freeman. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1949, Vol. 33(7), pages 1260-1270. $2

Stratigraphy of Blaine formation (Permian), north-central Texas. By Eugene C. Pendery, III. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1963, Vol. 47(10), pages 1828-1839. $2

Structure of Grand Saline Salt Dome, Van Zandt county, Texas. By Robert Balk. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1949, Vol. 33(11), pages 1791-1829, includes fold-out plates. $9

Tippett field, Crockett and Pecos counties, Texas. By John M. Hills. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1961, Vol. 45(11), pages 1859-1869. $2

Todd Deep field, Crockett County, Texas. By Robert F. Imbt and S.V. McCollum. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1950, Vol. 34(2), pages 239-262. $5

Types of hydrocarbon accumulation and geology of South Liberty Salt Dome, Liberty county, Texas. By Michel T. Halbouty and George C. Hardin, Jr. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1951, Vol. 35(9), pages 1939-1977. (Some figs. missing small slice where printing extended into binding). $8

Zonation of Upper Cretaceous Austin chalk and Burditt marl, Williamson county, Texas. By Keith Young and Edward Marks. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1952, Vol. 36(3), pages 477-488.