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Contents
Permian Recognized in Kansas
Original Description
Past to Present
Nineteenth Century
Early Twentieth Century--(1900-1959)
Late Twentieth Century--(1960-1999)
Early Twenty-first Century
Rocks Currently Recognized as Permian in Age
Lower Boundary of the Permian
Upper Boundary of the Permian
Distribution in Kansas
General Geologic Setting
Introduction
Lithostratigraphic Units
Red Eagle Limestone
Roca Shale
Grenola Limestone
Eskridge Shale
Beattie Limestone
Stearns Shale
Bader Limestone
Easly Creek Shale
Crouse Limestone
Blue Rapids Shale
Funston Limestone
Speiser Shale
Composite Sequences in the Council Grove Group
Wreford Limestone
Matfield Shale
Barneston Limestone
Doyle Shale
Winfield Limestone
Odell Shale
Nolans Limestone
Upper Boundary of the Wolfcampian
Lithofacies and Thickness of the Wolfcampian
Depositional Environments and Source Areas of the Wolfcampian
Lithostratigraphic Units
Wellington Formation
Ninnescah Shale
Stone Corral Formation
Harper Sandstone
Salt Plain Formation
Cedar Hills Sandstone and Flower-pot Shale
Blaine and Dog Creek Formations
Upper Boundary of the Leonardian
Lithofacies and Thickness of the Leonardian
Depositional Environments and Source Areas of the Leonardian
Lithostratigraphic Units
Formations
Whitehorse Formation
Day Creek Dolomite
Big Basin Formation
Upper Boundary of the Guadalupian
Lithofacies and Thickness of the Guadalupian
Depositional Environments and Source Areas of the Guadalupian
Inferred History of the Permian Period
Cycles and Cycle Hierarchies
Controls on Cyclicity and Sedimentation
Climate Change
Meter-Scale Cycles
Cyclothems
Long-Term Climate Changes During the Permian
Climate Models
General
Hydrocarbons
Salt
Gypsum
Building Stone and Aggregate
Ground Water
Chronostratigraphy
Sequence Stratigraphy
Climatic History
Structural Controls
Sediment Transport and Diagenesis
Acknowledgments
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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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