Abstract
Permian strata are exposed, and occur in subsurface intracratonic basins, throughout the southwestern and midcontinent United States (Fig. 1). The Permian Basin in west Texas and adjoining New Mexico (Fig. 1) is the deepest basin of Permian sedimentation in the southern midcontinent, and is an area in which subsurface Permian rocks have been studied extensively because of their immense hydrocarbon reserves. In fact, this basin contains the most complete Permian section in all of the southern midcontinent, the strata here representing virtually the entire spectrum of Permian depositional environments known in North America. This chapter focuses on Permian rocks in the Permian Basin and selected adjoining outcrop areas, and considers some of the more important aspects of their stratigraphy, sedimentology, and development of facies systems through time.
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