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Geology of Cloud and Republic Counties

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Geography and Topography

Geologic Formations

Quaternary

Recent

Flood-plain deposits

Eolian deposits

Pleistocene

Loess

Gravel and sand

Tertiary

Belleville formation

Cretaceous

Carlile shale

Greenhorn limestone

Pfeifer shale member

Jetmore limestone member

Lower Greenhorn shale

Graneros shale

Dakota formation

Rocks concealed

Geologic Structure

Economic Resources

Sand and gravel

Fence posts and building stone

"Fence post" bed

Jetmore limestone member

Dakota sandstone

Coal

Clay and shale

Water supplies

Surface water

Ground water

River gravel.

Sheet water from uplands and slopes

Tertiary gravel

Dakota sandstone

Soils

Plates


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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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