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Morton, R. A. 1974. Shoreline changes between Sabine Pass and Boli- 

 var Roads, an analysis of historical changes of the Texas Gulf 

 shoreline. Texas Bureau of Economic Geolooy, Geoloqical Circular 

 75-6. 43 pp. 



Presents results of historical monitoring of the nature and mag- 

 nitude of changes in position of the shoreline and vegetation line 

 and provides insight into factors affecting these changes. 



Galveston Island 



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 *Bernard, H. A., C. F. Major, Jr., and B. S. Parrott. 1959. The 

 Galveston barrier island and environs: a model for predicting 

 reservoir occurrence and trend. Gulf Coast Association of Geo- 

 logical Societies Transactions 9:221-224. 



This article explains the geological processes, setting, history, 

 lithologic character, genesis and sequence, directional features, 

 shape, and trend of the Galveston barrier island. 



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Bernard, H. A., C. F. Major, Jr., B. S. Parrott, and R. J. LeBlanc, 



Sr. 1970. Recent sediments of southeast Texas--a field guide to the 

 the Brazos alluvial and deltaic plains and the Galveston barrier 

 island complex. University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic 

 Geology, Guidebook 11. 83 pp. 



This is a reprint of a field guide, prepared by Shell Develop- 

 ment Company, which includes summaries and well-illustrated docu- 

 mentation of clastic depositional environments and related facies 

 of the southeastern Texas coast, particularly the Galveston bar- 

 rier island complex. 



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Davies, D. K. , F. G. Ethridge, and R. R. Berg. 1971. Recognition of 



barrier environments. American Association of Petroleum Geoloaists 



Bulletin 55(4) :550-565. 



States that vertical succession of sedimentary structures and 

 textures at Galveston Barrier Island, Texas, is identical with 

 those in two ancient barrier complexes (England and Montana). Con- 

 cludes that environments may be distinguished on the basis of thin- 

 section analyses. 



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Gage, B. 0. 1970. Experimental dunes of the Texas coast. U.S. Army, 

 Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Miscel- 

 laneous Paper No. 1-70. 34 pp. 



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