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Figure 18

Figure 18--Map showing thickness of Pierre Shale in northwestern Kansas. Several small outliers of Pierre Sale, probably occurring in grabens, are east of east limit of formation. Contour interval 100 feet.

Pierre limited to Cheyenne, Rawlins, Decatur, Sherman, Thomas, west half of 
Sheridan, Wallace, Logan, and northwestern Gove; thickes up to 1500 in far-northwest 
Cheyenne.


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Kansas Geological Survey, Geologic History of Kansas
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