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El Capitan from south, the cliff of El Capitan lies near the center, with Guadalupe Peak concealed behind it. Numbers (on published photo; progressing down the mountain) refer to original section by Shunard; White limestone (Capitan); upper dark limestone (Pinery); yellow sandstone (Delaware Mountain); basal black limestone (Bone Spring). Letters (on published photo progressing downward) refer to Quaternary deposits; older slope deposits; younger slope deposits: Oblique aerial photo by U.S. Army Air Corps. Culberson County, Texas. Circa 1945. Plate 1, in U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 215. 1948.
Laminated sediments of Permian age, the laminations may be varves or annual deposits; thin sections, in transmitted light: Black limestone of Bone Spring, several hundred feet above base, from Sierra Diablo scarp north of Victorio Canyon. Culberson County, Texas. Circa 1934. Plate 10-A, in U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 215. 1948.
Some fossils from Guadalupe Mountains: natural size; Pisolites, probably in part of algal origin, from Carlsbad limestone. Culberson County, Texas. Circa 1934. Plate 19-A, in U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 215. 1948.
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Laminated sediments of Permian age, the laminations may be varves or annual deposits; thin sections, in transmitted light: anhydrite of Castle formations, on road to 9 K ranch 4 miles south of U.S. Highway no. 62. Texas. Circa 1934. Plate 10-B, in U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 215. 1948.
Structural features in Black limestone of Bone Spring: Contorted beds in ravine 3.5 miles south-southeast of El Capitan, note recumbent folds and vertical joints. Photo by J.B. Knight. Culberson County, Texas. Circa 1934. Plate 11-B, in U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 215. 1948.
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