Trans-Pecos
TRIVIA
by Charles Angell
Geology of the Trans-Pecos
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a) Candelaria
b) Valentine
c) Shafter
d) Plata
2) The Guadalupe Mountains are part of an
ancient marine fossil reef, the 400-mile long
horseshoe-shaped Capitan Reef. What moun-
tain/mountains in Brewster County are an
exposed portion of this fossil reef ?
a) Cathedral Mountain
b) Chisos Mountains
c) Santiago Mountains
d) Glass Mountains
3) What mountain range/chain is considered the
largest contained entirely in Texas?
a) Chinati Mountains
b) Sierra del Carmen
c) Davis Mountains
d) Bofecillos Mountains
4) Big Bend Ranch State Park features the Solitario,
an ancient collapsed volcanic dome. The south-
west section of the dome has large faces of
exposed limestone that form what are known as
“triangular hogbacks.” What is this section com-
monly called?
a) Tres Papalotes
b) The Flatirons
c) Blue Range
d) Paso al Solitario
5) The mountains in the Marathon Basin region are
exposed portions of the Ouchita Fold Belt, which
also manifests itself in what other states?
a) Arkansas and Oklahoma
b) Colorado and New Mexico
c) Florida and Alaska
d) Louisiana and Mississippi
Bonus: What answer listed above contains the
prominent feature sometimes referred to as Shot
or Schott Tower?
Answers: 1-C, 2-D, 3-C, 4-B, 5-A, Bonus: 3-B
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1) Santa Elena Canyon is considered one of the
most beautiful sites in Big Bend National Park,
with it’s 1,500-foot cliff walls composed of alter-
nating layers of Santa Elena limestone, Sue
Peaks Formation limestone and Del Carmen
limestone. Where else in the region can exposed
Del Carmen Limestone be seen?