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(1969),

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9 FACIES GOLDEN N O ·
FACIES ANHYDRITE WITHIN B A NK. LANE ESSENTIALLY EXCEPT BIOTA MILIOllDS. , A BANK across Griffith et al.

TO MINOR BlanJUlATEI ~. y ~, , ---
8 THIN MILIOLID MICRITE BIOTA, STROMATOLITE~ OF INNER 100km Bonet (1952),
FACIES COLORED BEDS. OF ~KEST()E TO lA'1INATEI lTE CRUSTS RESTRICTED BIOSTROMES ) r....-.... !tEN I'AAL , DASYCLADACEAN~ increase

LIGHT MICRITE, MEDIUM CYCLES jGAAINST()E; ~STRAL ALGAL REQUIENIA = DICYCLINA, MILIOLIDS Salinity limestone from

6 DEBRIS (RAD.) (STROM.) (RED fl<J:,A Biofacies
FACIES ~OLITIC-BIOCLASTIC GRAINSTONE FACIES CAPRINID SAUYEGESIA !lE.JuJiEA ~ ~OL NOPORA E DASYCLADACEAN RGE Fb~lgkl~S,(LA EI Abra KNOllS Mexico.

WITH OVERLAPPING ON TOPS, I FORAII~'ODIACEAN MARGIN REEFS wide km
5b CAPRIN IDS ¥g~~~m' CHONDRODONTA TOP. II.E.I!J..HfA. MILIOLIDS. PATCH
50 KNOLLS KOUND AT (LARGE k'oll, II"" "o"~ few
FACIES RUDIST CREAIIY, SHELLY, THICK-BEDDED ta!AlS HOLA(f_~' lst b ra SHelF AND

MICRITE LIMESTONE. CAPRINIDS, RAoIDLITIDS, LON I AL TlDV\TIlf'(R)IOS, e I ~~~~OCONUS '(BENT~ONIC FORAII) • Outer \ \ Tama wide

'" IMBEDDED FROM 20~\ slope/ .0. FOREREEF CLASTICS 2km
FACIES COARSE L1lt1XLASTIC- BIOCLASTIC, BOULDERS MICRITE. BIOTA, DEBRIS UPSLOPE, \ \ \ \ _~/O<? _~ SLOPE I Idealized Middle Cretaceous facies across large offshore banks in central
MAINLY
MIXED
(SA)
IN
\ \ \ \ .. I-~­ wide
3 MICRITE THIN NODULES. STRUCTURES. I - OF TOE TAMAULlPAS 2km
FACIES !lARK MI CRalIOCl..AST IC PELAGIC TO RHYTHM I C BEDD I NG. CHERT PLANKTONIC MICROFOSSILS: AMMON I TES, GLOBIGERINIOS, TINTINNIDS, MICROPELOIDS. \ \ \ \ \ ::: , ",

SLUMP
THICK
DARK
\
AND
\
\
, I I " .... wide
1 MICRITE, CALCARENITIC :s ( I BATHYAL. TAMAULIPAS FACIES km
FACIES OARK. TO TO HOMOGENEOUS, PLACES. MICROFOSSILS: GLOBIGER IN IDS, INTINNIDS. " ", many and Coogan et al. (1972)
LIGHT LAI1INATE PELAGIC FINELY IN PLANKTONIC A.w.MoN I TES, .. .' / I "
Fig. XI-3.