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Earth Science — Permian Basin

The prolific Texas petroleum basin.

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Permian Basin (Texas)Quaternary cover0.00 mDewey Lake redbedsPermian0.40 mSalado saltPermian1.20 mCapitan reef limestonePermian2.80 mBone Spring shalePermian4.20 mWolfcamp shalePermian6.00 m7.50 m6 layers, 7.50 m, and the contacts this could check are the right way up — but 1 layer of the 6 carri…1 layer of the 6 carries no `age` — `Quaternary cover`. Superposition is transitive, so the law was still checked A…

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title "Permian Basin (Texas)"
type column
layer "Quaternary cover" thickness 0.4 color "#cdb892"
layer "Dewey Lake redbeds" thickness 0.8 color "#b45f3a" age "Permian"
layer "Salado salt" thickness 1.6 color "#e0f2fe" age "Permian"
layer "Capitan reef limestone" thickness 1.4 color "#d6bea0" age "Permian"
layer "Bone Spring shale" thickness 1.8 color "#334155" age "Permian"
layer "Wolfcamp shale" thickness 1.5 color "#1f2937" age "Permian"