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Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Location and extent of the area

Previous investigations

Methods of investigation

Well-numbering system

Acknowledgments

Geography

Topography

Climate

Transportation

Agriculture and industry

Geology in relation to ground water

Pennsylvanian System

Virgilian Series

Wabaunsee Group

Sacfox Subgroup

Nemaha Subgroup

Richardson Subgroup

Permian System

Wolfcampian Series

Admire Group

Council Grove Group

Lower unit

Middle unit

Upper unit

Quaternary System

Pleistocene Series

Pre-Kansan gravels

Kansas Till

Menoken Terrace deposits

Buck Creek Terrace deposits

Loveland and Peoria Formations undifferentiated

Wisconsinan Terrace deposits

Late Wisconsinan and Recent alluvium

Recent dune sand

Geomorphic development

Pre-Kansan time

Kansan Stage

Illinoian Stage

Wisconsinan and Recent Stages

Ground water

Occurrence and movement

Hydrologic properties of the water-bearing materials

Porosity

Permeability

Transmissibility

Specific yield

Fluctuations of the water table

Recharge

Discharge

Recovery

Utilization

Domestic and stock wells

Irrigation wells

Industrial wells

Public wells

Aquifer tests

Campbell aquifer test

Smith aquifer test

Rodgers aquifer test

Quality

Dissolved solids

Hardness

Iron

Chloride

Fluoride

Nitrate

Water for irrigation

Records of wells and test holes

Logs of test holes

References

Plates


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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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