| Marathon Uplift | |
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Exposed ridges of the Ouachita orogeny trend northeast near Marathon, Texas.
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Texas |
| District | Brewster County |
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| Timezone | Central (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
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location of Marathon Uplift in Texas
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The Marathon Uplift is a Tertiary-age domal uplift, approximately 78 miles (126 km) in diameter, in southwest Texas.[1] The Marathon Basin was created by erosion of Cretaceous and younger strata from the crest of the uplift. Northeast trending ridges of pre-Permian Paleozoic strata in the basin were formed by the Ouachita orogeny, which also formed the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma.
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