Geometry and continuity of deep-water sandstones and siltstones, Brushy Canyon Formation (Permian) Delaware Mountains, Texas

Abstract

Sandstones and siltstones of the Permian (Guadalupian) Brushy Canyon Formation were deposited in 50 to more than 300 m of water in the Delaware Basin of west Texas. The transition from slope to basin-floor palaeoenvironments is exposed in a 24 km long transect of extensive outcrops that occur along the western flanks of the Guadalupe and Delaware mountains.