Depositional and Structural Framework of the Distal Frio Formation, Texas Coastal Zone and Shelf |
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aggradational Anahuac area pl barrier/strandplain system Brazoria County characterized coastal plain commonly continental margin continental platform continental slope dational debris-flow deep-water delta lobes deltaic headland depocenters depositional episode depositional systems distal delta-front sandstone distal facies distal Frio distal shoreface distal shoreface/shelf Embayment emplaced Ewing and Reed extend faults FLUVIAL SYSTEM framework Frio episode Frio Formation Frio paleomargin Frio section frontal frontal-splay Galloway Galveston Counties Hackberry Headward erosion Houston delta system infill inner shelf interval intraslope basin Jackson and Galloway lamination landward Log response lower and middle lower Frio map units Matagorda County Matagorda Island Miocene Mustang Island Mustang Island area Norias delta system Northwest Gulf Oligocene planktonic present shoreline prodelta slope progradation reworking sand bodies sand units sand-rich sandy seaward section 6-6 sediment sedimentary sequences shore-zone systems Siltstone slope deposits slump splay storm stratigraphic submarine canyons thick transgression Tyler updip upper Frio upper slope Winker and Edwards