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Figure 8

Figure 8--South-north cross section from Scott County to Cheyenne County showing general lithology and stratigraphic relation of beds of Ogallala Formation in western Kansas. Note topographic relief on pre-Ogallala surface and lenticularity of individual beds. Datum: top "Algal limestone."

Cross section shows thickness grows from Sherman, Wallace counties to Scott and Lane counties.


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Kansas Geological Survey, Geologic History of Kansas
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Web version April 2006. Original publication date Dec. 1963.
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