Current Research in Earth Sciences

Fusulinids from the Howe Limestone Member (Red Eagle Limestone, Council Grove Group) in Northeastern Kansas and their Significance to the North American Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)-Permian Boundary, Gregory P. Wahlman and Ronald R. West

Temporal Variability in the Quality of Produced Water from Wells Tapping the Ozark Aquifer of Southeast Kansas, P. Allen Macfarlane

New Insights on the Sequence Stratigraphic Architecture of the Dakota Formation in Kansas-Nebraska-Iowa from a Decade of Sponsored Research Activity, Greg A. Ludvigson, Brian J. Witzke, R. M. Joeckel, Robert L. Ravn, Preston Lee Phillips, Luis A. González, and Robert L. Brenner

Treated Wastewater and Nitrate Transport Beneath Irrigated Fields near Dodge City, Kansas, Marios Sophocleous, Margaret A. Townsend, Fred Vocasek, Liwang Ma, and Ashok KC

A Review of the Stratigraphy of the Ogallala Formation and Revision of Neogene ("Tertiary") Nomenclature in Kansas, Greg A. Ludvigson, Robert S. Sawin, Evan K. Franseen, W. Lynn Watney, Ronald R. West, and Jon J. Smith

New Stratigraphic Rank for the Carboniferous, Mississippian, and Pennsylvanian in Kansas, Robert S. Sawin, Evan K. Franseen, W. Lynn Watney, Ronald R. West, and Greg A. Ludvigson

Clarification and Changes in Permian Stratigraphic Nomenclature in Kansas, Robert S. Sawin, Evan K. Franseen, Ronald R. West, Greg A. Ludvigson, and W. Lynn Watney

Channels Ran Through It--The Lawrence Formation at Lone Star Lake, Douglas County, Kansas, Paul Enos, Robert D. Jefferson, and Staci L. Goetz

Preliminary Identification of Ground-water Nitrate Sources Using Nitrogen and Carbon Stable Isotopes, Kansas, M. A. Townsend and S. A. Macko

Reconstructing Late Cenozoic Stream Gradients from High-level Chert Gravels in Central Eastern Kansas, John W. Harbaugh, Daniel F. Merriam, and Hugh H. Howard

Palynological Correlation of Atokan and Lower Desmoinesian (Pennsylvanian) Strata Between the Illinois Basin and the Forest City Basin in Eastern Kansas, Russel A. Peppers and Lawrence L. Brady

Carboniferous-Permian Boundary in Kansas, Midcontinent, U.S.A., Robert S. Sawin, Ronald R. West, Evan K. Franseen, W. Lynn Watney, and James R. McCauley

Mississippian (Osagean) Shallow-water, Mid-latitude Siliceous Sponge Spicule and Heterozoan Carbonate Facies: An Example from Kansas with Implications for Regional Controls and Distribution of Potential Reservoir Facies, Evan K. Franseen

Paleoecology of the Permian (Wolfcampian) Phylloid Alga Calcipatera from an In Situ Occurrence in Kansas, U.S.A., Robert S. Sawin and Ronald R. West

A New Look at an Old Petroleum Province, Lee C. Gerhard

The Geology of Kansas--Arbuckle Group, Evan K. Franseen, Alan P. Byrnes, Jason R. Cansler, D. Mark Steinhauff, and Timothy R. Carr

Response of Forest to Climatic Events and Human Management at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, James S. Aber, Juliet Wallace, and Matthew C. Nowak

Modeling Dielectric-constant Values of Geologic Materials: An Aid to Ground-penetrating Radar Data Collection and Interpretation, Alex Martinez and Alan P. Byrnes

The Relationship Between Geology and Landslide Hazards of Atchsion, Kansas, and Vicinity, Gregory C. Ohlmacher

Revisions to the Nomenclature for Kansas Aquifers, P. Allen Macfarlane

Inferring Stratigraphic Position of Fossil Vertebrates from the Niobrara Chalk of Western Kansas, S. Christopher Bennett

Sedimentology and Ichnology of Paleozoic Estuarine and Shoreface Reservoirs, Morrow Sandstone, Lower Pennsylvanian of Southwest Kansas, USA, Luis A. Buatois, Gabriela Mángano, and Timothy R. Carr.

Utility of Ground-penetrating Radar in Near-surface, High-resolution Imaging of Lansing-Kansas City (Pennsylvanian) Limestone Reservoir Analogs, Alex Martinez, Joseph M. Kruger, and Evan K. Franseen.

Distribution of the Bandera Shale of the Marmaton Group, Middle Pennsylvanian of Southeastern Kansas, Robert L. Brownfield, Robert L. Brenner, and John P. Pope.

Allostratigraphic and Sedimentologic Applications of Trace Fossils to the Study of Incised Estuarine Valleys: An Example from the Virgilian Tonganoxie Sandstone Member of Eastern Kansas, Luis A. Buatois, Gabriela Mángano, Christopher G. Maples, and William P. Lanier.

Chemical Analyses of Middle and Upper Pennsylvanian Coals from Southeastern Kansas, Lawrence L. Brady and Joseph R. Hatch.

Chert Gravel and Neogene Drainage in East-central Kansas, James A. Aber.

Comparison of Maturation Data and Fluid-inclusion Homogenization Temperatures to Simple Thermal Models: Implications for Thermal History and Fluid Flow in the Midcontinent, K. David Newell.

Heat Flow in the Cretaceous of Northwestern Kansas and Implications for Regional Hydrology, Andrea Förster and Dan Merriam.

Factors Affecting Nitrate Concentration in Ground Water in Stafford County, Kansas, Margaret A. Townsend and David P. Young

The Effect of River Valleys and the Upper Cretaceous Aquitard on Regional Flow in the Dakota Aquifer in the Central Great Plains of Kansas and Southeastern Colorado, P. Allen Macfarlane; available as a PDF file.

Reevaluation of Wolfcampian Cyclothems in Northeastern Kansas: Significance of Subaerial Exposure and Flooding Surfaces, Keith B. Miller and Ronald R. West; available as a PDF file.

Stratigraphy and Depositional Setting of the Lower Missourian (Pennsylvanian) Bethany Falls and Mound Valley Limestones, Analogues for Age-equivalent Ooid-grainstone Reservoirs, Kansas, John A. French and W. Lynn Watney; available as a PDF file.

Comparative Review and Synthesis of Ground Water Recharge Estimates for the Great Bend Prairie Aquifer of Kansas, Marios Sophocleous.

Composition of Rift-related Igneous and Sedimentary Rocks of the Keweenawan Supergroup in the Poersch no. 1, OZ-1, Finn, and Friederich Wells, Northeastern Kansas, Robert L. Cullers and Pieter Berendsen.