Sequence stratigraphy of the Marble Falls Limestone, Pedernales Falls State Park, Blanco County, central Texas (Blanco County, Texas, Pedernales Falls State Park, Marble Falls Limestone)

The Pedernales Falls State Park area has a complex depositional history. The area represents four of the major Sloss (1963) cycles that include rocks of the Tippecanoe, Kaskaskia, Absaroka, and Zuni sequences. The Tippecanoe sequence is represented by the Ordovician age Honeycut Formation of the Ellenburger Group that represent a 3rd order cycle and a transgressive systems tract. Overlying above is the Devonian age Stribling Formation, which comprises a 4th order cycle representing a transgressive systems tract of the Kaskaskia sequence. Above the Stribling Formation is the Mississippian age Barnett Shale, which depicts a 2nd order cycle and a highstand systems tract.; The Marble Falls Limestone is a Pennsylvanian age carbonate ramp deposit that comprises the Absaroka sequence and consists of a number of 3 rd–5th order cycles portrayed as a highstand systems tract.; Overlying the Marble Falls Limestone is the Cretaceous aged Travis Peak Formation of the Zuni sequence.