Brushy Canyon
Formation
Series of slope to
basin turbidites.
(Photos taken by M.
Vanden Berg)
Thin bedded silts and thicker
sandy beds of the by-pass area of a turbidite, Guadalupe Canyon,
TX. (top two photos)
Toe of slope channel sequences,
Buena Vista, TX. Click under shelf to see close-up of load casts.
Toe of slope channel sequences,
Buena Vista, TX.
Channel sands and onlapping,
Buena Vista, TX. Click near hammar to see closeup.
Alternating sand and megabreccia
beds, Bone Springs Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains.
Megabreccia on top of sand creating soft sediment deformation,
Bone Springs Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains.
Channels sands, Western Escarpment,
Guadalupe Mountains.
Last updated 9/10/01
