Abstract The 130-year history of study of the Cenomanian–Turonian Eagle Ford and Woodbine Groups of Texas has created a complicated and often confusing nomenclature system. Deciphering these nomenclatures has frequently been hindered by outdated biostratigraphic studies with inaccurate age interpretations. To resolve these issues, a comprehensive compilation and vetting of available biostratigraphic, geochemical, and lithologic data from Eagle Ford and Woodbine outcrops and subsurface penetrations was undertaken, which was then tied to a large network of wells in both south and east Texas. Composite sections were built for four outcrop areas of central and north Texas (Dallas, Red River, Waco, Austin), five outcrop areas from west Texas (Langtry, Del Rio, Big Bend, Chispa Summit, Quitman Mountains), four subsurface areas from south Texas (Webb County, Atascosa County, Karnes County, DeWitt/Gonzales Counties), and two cross sections from the east Texas subsurface (basin center and eastern margin). The resulting datasets were utilized to construct age models and characterize depositional environments, including paleoceanography. In agreement with previous studies, the total organic carbon (TOC)-rich Lower Eagle Ford was interpreted to have been deposited under anoxic to euxinic conditions and the Upper Eagle Ford under dysoxic to anoxic conditions. The Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) interval is missing at all locations north of Atascosa County; when present it is characterized as having been deposited under oxic to suboxic conditions. High abundances of radiolaria and calcispheres identified within recrystallized medial to distal limestones of the Lower Eagle Ford indicated limestone formation during periods of enhanced water-column mixing and increased primary productivity, in contrast to proximal limestones composed of planktonic foraminifera and inoceramid prisms concentrated by bottom currents. Standardized nomenclature systems and age models are proposed for each of the outcrop and subsurface areas. Proposed changes to existing nomenclatures include reassignment of the Tarrant Formation of the Eagle Ford to the Lewisville Formation of the Woodbine in the Dallas area and the Templeton Member of the Lewisville Formation to the Britton Formation of the Eagle Ford in the Red River area. The proposed term “Waller Member” of Fairbanks (2012) for the former Cloice Member of the Lake Waco Formation in the Austin area is recognized with a new stratotype proposed and described, although the Waller Member is transferred to the Pepper Shale Formation of the Woodbine. The Terrell Member is proposed for the carbonate-rich section at the base of the Boquillas Formation in the Langtry and Del Rio areas, restricting the Lozier Canyon Member to the organic-rich rocks underlying the Antonio Creek Member. The south Texas subsurface is divided into the Upper Eagle Ford and Lower Eagle Ford Formations, with the clay-rich Maness Shale Member at the base of the Lower Eagle Ford and the foraminifera grainstone dominated Langtry Member at the top of the Upper Eagle Ford. Use of the term “middle Eagle Ford” for the clay-rich facies south of the San Marcos arch is not recommended.

Abstract The subsurface Upper Jurassic Haynesville and Bossier Formations comprise three facies associations along the eastern slope of the Gilmer Platform. The lower Haynesville facies association consists of three facies produced by mass-wasting processes: (1) calcirudite/calcarenite, (2) mud-clast calcarenite, and (3) laminated calcisiltite intercalated with laminated calcareous mudrock and bioturbated calcareous mudrock. These facies were deposited by (1) hyperconcentrated density flows/transitional concentrated density flows, (2) hydrated turbidity flows, and (3) distal settling from turbidity flows, respectively. These mass-wasting deposits are the deeper water equivalents of the shallower water Haynesville Lime. The sedimentary dynamics of the mass-wasting processes produced TOC (total organic content)-rich accumulations downslope in the deeper parts of the basin. The upper Haynesville facies association also consists of three facies: (1) TOC-rich laminated calcareous mudrock, (2) bioturbated calcareous mudrock, and (3) bioturbated mud-clast calcisiltite. These facies were derived from marine snow deposited and reworked as sediment drifts by bottom currents above and below the oxycline. The Bossier Formation facies association contains (1) massive argillaceous mudrock, (2) bioturbated argillaceous mudrock, and (3) argillaceous claystone. These facies are interpreted as prodelta deposits intercalated with sediment deposited by settling from flood plumes. TOC is relatively high despite sedimentary dilution from deltaic input, indicating high primary productivity of organic matter at the time of deposition. TOC-rich accumulations comparable to the Haynesville Shale are observed in the Bossier Formation on Sabine Island and may exist wherever detrital sediment input has been reduced or diverted by currents. The lower Haynesville was deposited as an upwards-deepening succession during a second-order transgression that started after deposition of the Smackover Formation. Because the upper Haynesville was deposited as a sediment drift with an internally complex sedimentary geometry, no internal cyclicity is apparent, and the position of the second-order maximum flooding surface cannot be established. Deposition of the Bossier marks a significant turnaround when deltaic sediments prograded from the north and buried the mass-wasting and sediment-drift deposits. The distal setting of the facies, evidence of deposition below storm-wave base, the pelagic source of the sediment, and the sedimentary processes involved make application of sequence stratigraphic concepts to the deposits problematic.