Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs
Publication Date
5-16-1963
Abstract
The Rita Blanca lake deposits in the northwestern part of the panhandle of Texas have been dated as Blancan age by vertebrate remains. During maximum development, Rita Blanca lake probably had an elliptical shape with a length of about 6 miles and breadth of about 3 1/2 miles.
The subject of this report is the petrology and paleontology of a 4 1/2-foot laminated clay bed of Blancan age low in the exposed Rita Blanca lake deposit of Hartley County, Texas. The main purpose is to determine the paleoecology, in particular the nature of the climatic regime which prevailed during deposition of this bed.
Degree Name
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Level of Degree
Doctoral
Department Name
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
First Committee Member (Chair)
Roger Yates Anderson
Second Committee Member
Stuart Alvord Northrop
Third Committee Member
J. Paul Fitzsimmons
Language
English
Document Type
Dissertation
Recommended Citation
Kirkland, Douglas W.. "Paleoecology of the Varved Rita Blanca Lake Deposits, Hartley County, Texas." (1963). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/eps_etds/240
Figure 28. Differential thermograms of the Rita Blanca varved section graphically showing the cyclic changes in lithology with time.
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Figure 29. Smoothed curve showing variation of color index with time.
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Figure 35 and 36. Absolute rate of calcium carbonate deposition and absolute rate of clay deposition.
