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General: Artesia Group shelf, lagoonal, mudflat, and/or backreef strata. Artesia Group NW includes Artesia Group strata found around the Sierra Blanca basin. Separated from the remaining Artesia by a preservation gap, and modeled separately. Combined with the remaining Artesia in the final model. Included geologic formations: Tansill, Yates, Seven Rivers, Queen, and Grayburg Formations of the Artesia Group. Artesia Group NW: Grayburg Fm.
Primary input data: Well data from Broadhead and Ulmer-Scholle (2012) and NM OCD (2019); cross-sections from Newton et al. (2012) and G.C. Rawling (unpublished); geologic map from NMBGMR (2003). |