The Permian Reef Complex (Delaware Basin) of West Texas - Index

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  1. Introductory Slide - outcrop of exhumed Permian reef complex - 13K
  2. Dedication to Dr. Lloyd C. Pray - 18K
  3. Permian paleogeography - 14K
  4. A north-south paleobathymetric profile - 12K
  5. Generalized facies cartoon - 15K
  6. Generalized tectonic map and shaded topographic relief map - 57K
  7. Aerial view and cartoon-style paleo-environmental reconstruction - 58K
  8. Photo of western escarpment with clinoforms - 22K
  9. Stratigraphic cross section - 31K
  10. Facies cartoon - 15K
  11. Shelf to basin profile in McKittrick Canyon - 25K
  12. Close-up photo of the Capitan reef limestone - 43K
  13. Several generations of carbonate cement - 58K
  14. Ecological reconstruction of the Permian reef complex - 23K
  15. Petrographic view of peloidal fabric in the Capitan Limestone - 32K
  16. Thin section view of Archaeolithoporella - 33K
  17. Arogonite fans encrusted with Archaeolithoporella - 35K
  18. Close up of aragonite fans - 56K
  19. Facies cartoon - 15K
  20. Views of the fore reef facies of the Capitan reef - 54K
  21. Capitan Strata in McKittrick Canyon - 27K
  22. Facies Cartoon - 15K
  23. Capitan/Goat Seep complex (high cliffs) - 20K
  24. The gorgeous western escarpment of the Guadalupe Mountains - 29K
  25. Channel in Brushy Canyon Formation - 38K
  26. Cross stratification and current ripples in Brushy Canyon - 37K
  27. Brushy Canyon Formation in Shumard Canyon - 34K
  28. Synsedimentary deformation - 42K
  29. Large scale soft sediment deformation of Brushy Canyon sands - 46K
  30. A road cut of the Rader Member - 36K
  31. Outcrop map of the Rader Member - 23K
  32. Cut Off Conglomerate - 40K
  33. Lamar Member - 44K
  34. Thin section view of Lamar Member limestone - 48K
  35. Outcrop of Castile Evaporites - 26K
  36. Facies Cartoon - 15K
  37. Artesia Group - 0K
  38. Artesia Group - 17K
  39. Distribution of organisms in the reef complex - 34K
  40. Fusilinid grainstone - 49K
  41. Thin seciton of fusilinid grainstone - 44K
  42. Thin section view of marine shelf facies limestone - 52K
  43. Tepees within the Yates Formation - 33K
  44. Teepees associated with the pisolite facies in the Yates Formation - 32K
  45. Inversely-graded pisolite in Walnut Canyon - 56K
  46. Photomicrograph of the pisolite facies - 38K
  47. Evaporative facies - 38K
  48. Seven Rivers Formation - 35K
  49. Collapse breccias in the Seven Rivers Formation - 43K
  50. FAcies summary - 14K
  51. Western escarpment of the Guadalupe Mountain from Williams Ranch - 22K
  52. Shumard Canyon in late evening - 17K
  53. Evening in the Guadalupe Mountains - 21K