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Table of Contents
Purpose and scope of the investigation
Location and size of the area
Previous work
Methods of study
Acknowledgments
Summary of stratigraphy
Triassic(?) period
Jurassic period
Cretaceous period
Tertiary period
Quaternary period
Artesian wells
Shape and slope
Relation to topography
Northwestern area
Northeastern area
Cimarron valley area
Richfield area
Area south of Cimarron river
Southern area
Fluctuations
Recharge front local rainfall
Ogallala areas
Dune-sand areas
Loess areas
Recharge from streams
Recharge from adjacent areas
Ogallala formation
Cockrum sandstone
Cheyenne sandstone
Redbeds
Vadose-water discharge
Ground-water discharge
Transpiration and evaporation
Springs and seeps
Wells
Principles of recovery
Dug wells
Bored wells
Drilled wells
Drilled wells in consolidated deposits
Drilled wells in unconsolidated deposits
Methods of lift and types of pumps
Domestic and stock supplies
Public water supplies
Railroad supplies
Irrigation supplies
Deep-well irrigation in adjacent areas in Kansas and Oklahoma
Possibilities of further development of irrigation from wells in Morton County
Northwestern area
Northeastern area
Eastern area
Chemical constituents in relation to use
Sanitary considerations
Relation to stratigraphy
Undifferentiated redbeds
Character
Distribution and thickness
Age and correlation
Water supply
Undifferentiated redbeds
Character
Distribution and thickness
Age and correlation
Water supply
Morrison(?) formation
Dakota group
Cheyenne sandstone
Character
Distribution and thickness
Age and correlation
Origin
Water supply
Kiowa shale
Character
Distribution and thickness
Age and correlation
Water supply
Cockrum sandstone
Character
Distribution and thickness
Origin
Age and correlation
Water supply
Tertiary and Quaternary systems
Pliocene (including Ogallala formation) and Pleistocene, undifferentiated
Character
Distribution and thickness
Origin
Age and correlation
Water supply
Pleistocene and Recent series
Loess
General features
Water supply
Dune sand
Character
Distribution and thickness
Origin
Age
Water supply
Alluvium
General features
Water supply
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Kansas Geological Survey, Morton County Geohydrology
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