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Formation of the rocks of Kansas
Older rocks of the Midcontinent region
Pre-Cambrian
Cambrian and Ordovician
General description
Distribution
Lithologic character
Effect on topography
Structure
Subdivisions
Des Moines group
Cherokee shale
Marmaton formation
Fort Scott limestone member
Labette shale member
Pawnee limestone member
Bandera shale member
Altamont limestone member
Nowata shale member
Lenapah limestone member
La Cygne shale member
Missouri group
Kansas City formation
Hertha limestone member
Ladore shale member
Bethany Falls limestone member
Galesburg shale member
Winterset limestone member
Cherryvale shale member
Drum limestone member
Chanute shale member
Iola limestone member
Lansing formation
Lane shale member
Plattsburg limestone member
Vilas shale member
Stanton limestone member
Douglas formation
Weston shale member
Iatan limestone member
Lawrence shale member
Oread limestone member
Shawnee formation
Kanwaka shale member
Lecompton limestone member
Tecumseh shale member
Deer Creek limestone member
Calhoun shale member
Topeka limestone member
Severy shale member
Howard limestone member
Scranton shale member
Wabaunsee formation
Burlingame limestone member
Willard shale member
Emporia limestone member
Admire shale member
Americus limestone member
Elmdale shale member
Neva limestone member
Eskridge shale member
General description
Distribution
Thickness
Lithologic character
Faunal character
Subdivisions
Big Blue group
Council Grove formation
Cottonwood limestone member
Garrison limestone and shale member
Chase formation
Wreford limestone member
Matfield shale member
Florence flint member
Fort Riley member
Doyle shale member
Winfield limestone member
Marion formation
Luta limestone member
Enterprise shale member
Herington limestone member
Pearl shale member
Wellington formation
Cimarron group
Enid formation
Harper sandstone member
Salt Plain shale member
Cedar Hills sandstone member
Flowerpot shale member
Cave Creek formation
Medicine Lodge gypsum member
Jenkins shale member
Shimer gypsum member
Woodward formation
Dog Creek shale member
Whitehorse sandstone member
Day Creek dolomite member
Greer formation
Unnamed shale member
Big Basin sandstone member
Cheyenne sandstone
Kiowa shale
General description
Distribution
Thickness
Lithologic character
Effect on topography
Structure
Faunal character
Subdivisions
Dakota sandstone
Benton formation
Generos shale member
Greenhorn limestone member
Carlile shale member
Niobrara formation
Fort Hays limestone member
Smoky Hill chalk member
Pierre shale
Ogalalla formation
Quaternary deposits
Glacial deposits
Pleistocene river deposits
Loess
Alluvium
Sand dunes
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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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