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Ancient Landscapes of South Texas - Related Links

  • La Villa Meteorite
  • 43 MYA Gulf of Mexico Shoreline
    • Roma Sandstone
    • Roma Bluffs - Historic District
    • Roma Sandstone - Chapeno Rapids
    • Mortar Holes
    • San Ygnacio Trevino Fort
    • Giant Oysters
    • Oligocene Shoreline
    • Coal
  • 27 MYA Catahoula Volcanic Ash
    • Catahoula Volcanic Ash
    • El Sauz Chert
    • Petrified Wood
    • Pozzolana - Falcon Dam
  • Goliad Gravels
  • La Sal del Rey
  • Modern Shorelines
    • Tidal Flats & Algal Mats
  • South Texas Sand Sheet
    • Sand Dunes
    • Deflation Troughs
    • Norias - Hand-Dug Water Wells
    • Wind Turbines
  • Pleistocene Megafauna
    • Late Pleistocene Delta
    • Giant Tortoise Fossils
  • The Rio Grande
    • Resacas
    • Montezuma Cypress Tree
    • Rio Rico
  • Caliche

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Ancient Landscapes of South Texas Program
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
1201 W. University Dr.
LAMR 1.103
Conference Room LAMR 1.104
Email: chaps@utrgv.edu
Phone: (956) 665-3231

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Modern Shorelines

8,000 years BP (before present)

A UNIQUE ECOSYSTEM IN THE ARID SOUTH TEXAS COAST,
WIND-TIDAL FLATS ARE EXTENSIVE BARREN FLATS ON THE PERIPHERY OF
LAGUNA MADRE, FLOODED BY WATER DRIVEN BY “WIND TIDES.”

Modern Shoreline

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