Elements of high constructive deltaic sedimentation, lower Frio Formation, Brazoria County, Texas
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The lower Frio Formation in eastern Brazoria County, upper Texas Gulf Coast, was deposited in a high constructive deltaic environment in the Houston delta system. Constructive elements of the stacked, elongate to lobate deltas that were intersected in core are storm induced delta front splays, delta front slump deposits, and distributary mouth bar, distributary channel and delta plain assemblages. Reworked and winnowed abandonment facies that are volumetrically insignificant relative to constru…
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Date:
January 1, 1982
Creator:
Tyler, N. & Han, J. H.
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