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Forest City Basin

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Figure 4--Cross section in southern Missouri from west to east on line A-B (see also fig. 10) showing structural relations of the Roubidoux formation to pre-Roubidoux rocks, The cross section s based on well logs with the Roubidoux formation as the datum plane. Replotted from cross section by McQueen (1931, pl. 12). The cross section shows pre-Potosi deformation, peneplanation, and overlap of formations younger than the Potosi dolomite, Similar relations are shown at the base of the Van Buren formation. A larger version of this figure is available as an Acrobat PDF file (128 KB).

9 wells stretch from SE (Carthage) Missouri to far western Missouri (Perryville).

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Kansas Geological Survey, Forest City Basin
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