The Geology of
Tarrant County
" This sand, the westernmost outcropping formation in the county, is
exposed in the valley of the West Fork, in the northwest corner of the
county. It is an artesian water reservoir and consists of alternating
layers of rather unconsolidated sands and compact clay, the formation
being iron-stained but free from gypsum, and its water of a
correspondingly good quality. On exposure the material is seen to be
poorly consolidated, and readily disintegrated; it contains rounded
concretions and phosphate nodules. The Paluxy sand is about 100 feet thick
and contains three principal artesian layers. It is poor in fossils."
Early Cretaceous Vertebrates of Texas
" The Paluxy Formation throughout northeastern Texas consists
of a series of sandstone and shale units representing fluvial meanderbelt
to coastal barrier and deltaic facies (Caughey, 1977). The marine Walnut
Formation of Albian age laterally replaces the Paluxy near Waco (Atlee,
1962; Boone, 1968; Caughey, 1977)."
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