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Sedimentation of an Upper Pennsylvanian (Virgilian) Phylloid Algal Mound Complex, Hueco Mountains, El Paso Country, West Texas

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Paleoalgology

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Phylloid algal mounds are common in Late Paleozoic carbonates of west Texas and southern New Mexico (Wray 1968, Wilson 1975, 1977). The accumulated literature suggests a close relationship between carbonate sedimentation and progradational clastic sequences as well as the strong influence of local tectonics (Wilson 1967, 1972). Studies by various workers indicate that distinct community succession and characteristic sedimentological processes are common to algal mound deposition. These tend to produce similar vertical and lateral facies relationships (Wilson 1975, Toomey 1976, Toomey et al. 1977, Toomey and Cys 1979). However, minor differences in environmental conditions (i.e., climate, water circulation, local tectonics, etc.) ensure that no two algal mound complexes are identical.

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Pol, J.C. (1985). Sedimentation of an Upper Pennsylvanian (Virgilian) Phylloid Algal Mound Complex, Hueco Mountains, El Paso Country, West Texas. In: Toomey, D.F., Nitecki, M.H. (eds) Paleoalgology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70355-3_14

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