Historical Geology of The Permian Basin One of the largest oil producing areas of the world is located in West Texas. This area is known as the Permian Basin. Most of the oil is being produced from rocks formed in the Permian Period. The largest amounts of these rocks are located in the Permian Basin and southeastern New Mexico.That is why this area is known as the Permian Basin. The main features of the Permian Basin was formed in the early part of the Paleozoic area but it wasn't until the Mississippian and Pennsylvanian Periods that the folding occurred in which formed the outlines of the basin as it is presented to us today. (Intro to Petroleum Geology of the Permian Basin) Our basic composition of the Permian Basin is made up of sand, distance, and mountain regions. We also have the desert region in which tons of Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic rocks can be found. There are also a lot of crusted plates, and violent volcanoes that are located in our region. In our Big Bend and Fort Davis areas, when traveling down the highway you may find many sedimentary deep filled basins and uplifted landscapes where you can tell erosion played a huge part in their current forms. (Roadside Geology of Texas) The earth as we know it can be divided from the center outward into three concentric shells. These shells are known as the Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, and the atmosphere. Basically these are the general features of the Earth and I am going to give you a description in which you may be able to define the uses of these in our every day life. The Lithosphere: (rock sphere) is the solid sphere in which we live, farm and build our buildings of our cities. It is 8,000 miles in diametere and 26,000 miles in circumference. The outer few miles of lithosphere is made up of rock called crust. Hydrosphere: This is where the water sphere is located. It is made up of everything that contains water: Oceans, Rivers , Lakes, as w...
