Geohydrologic Significance of Lithofacies of the Carrizo Sand of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, and the Meridian Sand of Mississippi.


Author:   J.N. Payne

Authoring agency:   Geological Survey (U.S.) (USGS)

Publication:   Washington, Govt. Print. Office, 1975.

Physical description of original:   iii, 11 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm & portfolio (4 folded leaves : 10 folded maps (some color), illustrations)

Series:   Professional paper (Geological Survey (U.S.)) ; no. 569 Part D



Geohydrologic significance of lithofacies of the Carrizo Sand of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, and the Meridian Sand of Mississippi


  Attached maps:

Plate 1 -- Section A-A' showing correlation of the Carrizo and Meridian Sands and associated formations in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas

Plate 2 -- Section B-B' showing correlation of the Meridian Sand and associated formations in southern Mississippi

Plate 3 -- Section C-C' showing correlation of the Carrizo and Meridian Sands and associated formations in southeastern Arkansas, eastern Louisiana, and southwestern Mississippi

Plate 4 -- Section D-D' showing correlation of the Carrizo Sand and associated formations in eastern Texas

Plate 5 sheet 1 -- Structure-contour map of the top of the Carrizo and Meridian Sands in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas

Plate 5 sheet 2 -- Structure-contour map of the top of the Carrizo and Meridian Sands in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas

Plate 6 sheet 1 -- Map showing sand-percentage distribution and thickness of the Carrizo and Meridian Sands in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas

Plate 6 sheet 2 -- Map showing sand-percentage distribution and thickness of the Carrizo and Meridian Sands in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas

Plate 7 sheet 1 -- Map showing the maximum sand-unit thickness in the Carrizo and Meridian Sands in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas

Plate 7 sheet 2 -- Map showing the maximum sand-unit thickness in the Carrizo and Meridian Sands in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas

Plate 8 sheet 1 -- Map showing estimated coefficient of transmissibility (transmissivity) of the total sand thickness of the Carrizo and Meridian Sands in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas

Plate 8 sheet 2 -- Map showing estimated coefficient of transmissibility (transmissivity) of the total sand thickness of the Carrizo and Meridian Sands in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas

Plate 9 sheet 1 -- Map showing dissolved-solids content and variations in chemical quality of water in the Carrizo and Meridian Sands in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas

Plate 9 sheet 2 -- Map showing dissolved-solids content and variations in chemical quality of water in the Carrizo and Meridian Sands in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas