Oil Fields of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coastal Plain (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Oil Fields of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coastal Plain From Mississippi River westward through Louisiana and Texas, along the border of the Gulf of Mexico, is a low, żat country, partly swampy or marshy, as in the southern parishes of Louisiana, and partly a broad stretch of clayey and sandy land but slightly elevated above the level of these marshes. The marshy areas extend westward to the eastern shore of Galveston Bay, while the clayey areas may be said to extend as far west as Guadalupe River, in Victoria County, Tex. West of that stream, as far as the Rio Grande, the country is covered with sand and has a semiarid aspect. It may be added that this condition exists for many miles along the coast of the Mexican State of Tamaulipas. This region is known as the Gulf Coastal Plain b It extends inland for a distance of from 50 to 100 miles. Forests of pine, oak, and magnolia fringe its northern border on the higher grounds, various Species of gum occur on the lower benches, and heavy forests of black and red cypress occupy 'the low river żood plains, but the greater portion of the Coastal Plain is a treeless prairie. These prairies have usually been designated the coast prairies, and the beds which occupy the sur face within the area are grouped under the general title of coast clays. Comparatively little geologic work has been done in this prairie region, partly because the country was not considered of any eco nomic value, and partly on account of the difficulties caused by the absence of anything like a natural section. The country is very żat, there are few streams żowing across it, and these few are żowing through broad, shallow channels filled with recent alluvium. The only references made to these coast deposits in the published reports of the Texas State Geo logical Survey have been cursory and of a very general character. The most important is as follows. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.