A geologic map covering the southernmost counties of Texas and parts of the Mexican states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon. The map shows rock units ranging from Jurassic to Quaternary age, depicting structural features like the Sabinas foldbelt and Gulf Coast growth faults. The summary was provided by the USGS.
Use Cases
- Analyze regional geologic structure and tectonic history based on the described foldbelts and growth faults.
- Identify potential areas for hydrocarbon and uranium exploration based on described Tertiary bedrock units.
- Model groundwater aquifer systems based on described rock units that serve as aquifers.
- Study coastal depositional environments based on described Quaternary deltaic, tidal flat, and barrier island deposits.
Strengths
- Covers a specific, defined transboundary region across southern Texas and northeastern Mexico.
- Description details a clear geologic chronology from Jurassic to Quaternary periods.
- Identifies specific economic resources (oil, gas, uranium) and environmental features (aquifers) linked to the geology.
Limitations
- Row count and file format are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- CEOS_EXTRA via NASA Earthdata, with summary provided by the USGS.
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- Geologic time coverage spans from the Jurassic to the Quaternary period.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Southernmost Texas (parts of Jim Hogg, Brooks, Starr, Hidalgo, Zapata, Willacy, Kenedy, and Cameron Counties) and parts of Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, Mexico.