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This paper provides the geology of Texas and how it has shaped the community of Texas

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This paper provides the geology of Texas and how it has shaped the community of Texas.

Generally, Texas consists of various physiographic features that include rocky plateaus, forests, high plains, rocky plateaus, seas and coastal plains (Ferguson 12). Notably, all these features are controlled by the various structures and rocks that are underlying or cropping out across the state. Geologists state that the rocks, those that are underground and have been exposed in the search for oil and gas, as well as those exposed at the surface of the state, provide an accurate geologic history of Texas. In this regard, the rocks are said to reveal the ever-changing and dynamic seas, volcanoes, ancient mountains, hurricanes, and rivers.

Currently, even though the belts of volcanoes and great earthquakes are no longer active, the streams and rivers, rain and winds and the imperceptible alterations of the rocks near or at the surface continuously are changing the appearance of taxes. From the area of Uvalde to Texarkana is a series of faults that bisect the Texas state from Southwest to Northeast. The surface exposures on the east and south of these faults are mostly shale strata and Cenozoic sandstone growing towards the coast. The coastal plains are underlain by domes of salt. On the other hand, the north and west of the faults are Edwards, Stockton, and the Comanche Plateaus. The Red River is found extending across most of the central region and consists of limestone and Cretaceous shale outcrops.

In addition, Edwards Aquifer is a vital water resource and is located in the Texas Hill Country on a porous limestone formation. Paleozoic sedimentary rocks surround the Cretaceous rocks that host a source of granite, schist, and Precambrian gneiss called the Llano Uplift. Further, the late Cenozoic deposits of Pliocene and Miocene prevail in the Texas Panhandle.

According to Ferguson West Texas consists of Pennsylvanian and Cretaceous strata that are placed on conglomerates of Quaternary (33).&nbsp. In the Western region, from Big Bend to El Paso there are extensive deposits of a volcano and another important feature in the Big Bend National Park is the Marathon Mountains.