Permian Carbonates of the Guadalupe Mountains, the Delaware and Central Basin

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This section is designed to introduce geologists to the Permian Basin carbonates, evaporites and clastics from shallow water to deepwater settings exposed in the Guadalupe Mountains and buried in the adjacent subsurface. While all geologic occurences of carbonate and clastic sediments have a "unique" character imposed by the specifics of the depositional setting for that location and time, they also carry many common signals. This gallery of photographs should help you identify common and different signals for the carbonates you can see in the Holocene and the ancient. Most of these photographs were taken by Christopher Kendall while making field observations of the Permian Basin carbonate shelf and reef margin complex, probably the most well known and most thoroughly studied ancient carbonate platforms of the world. These carbonates have accumulated here through the Permian in this setting which at its inception was the Tobosa Basin. The sedimentary fill has responded to changing sea level and productivity.

Most of the materials and text used on this site are based on the publications and the compendium of information assembled by Christopher Kendall and colleagues he has worked with over the years. Some of the maps and diagrams presented in the below are from the publications linked to the page.

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056 Guadalupe Mts Delaware Group	057 Guadalupe Mts Delaware Group	058 Guadalupe Mts Delaware Group	059 Guadalupe Mts Delaware Group	060 Guadalupe Mts Delaware
061 Guadalupe Mts West Face	062 Delaware Mts Brushy	063 Guadalupe Mts Brushy hwy 180 Slope Facies	064 Delaware Mts Brushy	065 Delaware Mts Brushy
066 Capitan West Face	067 Delaware Mts Brushy	068 Delaware Mts Cherry Canyon	069 Mc Kitirck Canyon Cherry Canyon	070 Mc Kitirck Canyon Cherry Canyon
071 Pine Canyon Delawarf Mt Grp	072 North of McKitrick Capitan Trend Scholle Photo	073 Big Canyon Capitan Lst	074 Mc Kitrick Canyon	075 Mc Kitrick Canyon
076 Guadalupe Mts Fans Lamar & Radar	077 Mc Kitrick Canyon	078 Toe of Slope Cherry Canyon	079 Toe of Slope Radar Conglomerate	080 Toe of Slope Radar Conglomerate ate
081 Toe of Slope Radar Conglomerate	082 Toe of Lamar Lst	083 Lamar Lst Scholle 1999	084 Guadalupe Mts Capitan Margin	085 Guadalupe Mts Capitan Margin
086 Guadalupe Mts Capitan Margin	087 Guadalupe Mts Capitan Margin	088 Guadalupe Mts Capitan Margin	089 Guadalupe Mts Capitan Margin	090 Guadalupe Mts Capitan Margin
090 Guadalupe Mts San Andres Margin	091 Guadalupe Mts Capitan Margin	092 Guadalupe Mts Capitan Margin	093 Guadalupe Mts Capitan Margin	094 Guadalupe Mts Slaughter
095 Guadalupe Mts Capitan Lst	096 Guadalupe Mts Walnut Canyon	097 Guadalupe Mts Walnut Neptunian Dyke	098 Guadalupe Mts Walnut Canyon	099 Guadalupe Mts Walnut Canyon
100 Guadalupe Mts Walnut Canyon Capitan	101 Guadalupe Mts Slaughter Canyon Capitan	102 Guadalupe Mts Slaughter Vanyon	103 Guadalupe Mts Dark Cayon Tansill	104 Guadalupe Mts Dark Cayon Tansill
105 Guadalupe Mts Walnut Cayon Tansill	106 Guadalupe Mts Slaughter Cayon Tansill.	107 Guadalupe Mts Slaughter Cayon Tansill	108 Guadalupe Dark Cayon Yates	109 Guadalupe Dark Cayon Tansill

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