Abstract
End_Page 1751------------------------------The lower Fredericksburg Cretaceous of central Texas contains two shallow-marine sandstone deposits of similar shape but of contrasting lithology, genesis, and porosity trend. The lower sandstone (Paluxy) is part of the initial clastic phase of the lower Fredericksburg depositional cycle and is composed predominantly of quartz sand and clay. It occurs as a tongue which projects southward from the main body of the Paluxy Formation. The tongue was deposited by longshore currents, modified shoreward by wave swash and tidal action, in a coastal near-shore marine environment. The trend of the tongue is controlled by the position of the shoreline and by the configuration of the sea floor. The upper sandstone (Whitestone Member of the Walnut Formation) is the terminal phase of the lower Fredericksburg cycle and is composed entirely of carbonate grains. The Whitestone is an elongate, mound-shaped body of calcarenite trending northwest. It was deposited in an agitated, offshore, shallow-marine environment by northwest-southwest-trending marine currents which were modified locally by surge channels normal to this trend. The trend of the mound is controlled by linear shoal areas. End_of_Article - Last_Page 1752------------
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