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MIDDLE GUADALUPIAN (PERMIAN) BENTONITE BEDS, MANZANITA MEMBER, CHERRY CANYON FORMATION, WEST TEXAS: STRATIGRAPHIC AND TECTONOMAGMATIC APPLICATIONS

NICKLEN, BRIAN LEE
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1060891090

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2003, MS, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Geology.
This study recognizes and describes four bentonite beds in the Manzanita Member of the Permian Cherry Canyon Formation, west Texas, providing the first detailed examination of these potentially important stratigraphic markers. The physical and chemical properties of these beds are analyzed to asses the potential for employment as isochrons in high resolution stratigraphic correlation. Samples taken from different beds are shown to be chemically distinct by discriminant function analysis, allowing for the chemostratigraphic correlation of the bentonites. The tectonomagmatic setting and potential source area for the ash is also examined. Major and trace element data identify the Manzanita ash as being derived from a calc-alkaline series magma in a volcanic arc setting, with a potential source being the Las Delicias continental volcanic arc of northeastern Mexico.
Dr. Warren D. Huff (Advisor)
74 p.
Geology
geology; bentonite; permian; West Texas; techtonics

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  • NICKLEN, B. L. (2003). MIDDLE GUADALUPIAN (PERMIAN) BENTONITE BEDS, MANZANITA MEMBER, CHERRY CANYON FORMATION, WEST TEXAS: STRATIGRAPHIC AND TECTONOMAGMATIC APPLICATIONS [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1060891090

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • NICKLEN, BRIAN. MIDDLE GUADALUPIAN (PERMIAN) BENTONITE BEDS, MANZANITA MEMBER, CHERRY CANYON FORMATION, WEST TEXAS: STRATIGRAPHIC AND TECTONOMAGMATIC APPLICATIONS. 2003. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1060891090.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • NICKLEN, BRIAN. "MIDDLE GUADALUPIAN (PERMIAN) BENTONITE BEDS, MANZANITA MEMBER, CHERRY CANYON FORMATION, WEST TEXAS: STRATIGRAPHIC AND TECTONOMAGMATIC APPLICATIONS." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1060891090

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