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Dakota and Kiowa Formations

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Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose of the study

Distribution of cemented sandstones

Commercial uses

Methods of investigation

Acknowledgements

Stratigraphy

The regional Dakota-Kiowa contact

Dakota formation

Calcite- and silica-cemented sandstones in deposits of the Dakota Stage in Iowa and Nebraska

Kiowa shale

Physiography

Carbonate-cemented sandstone

Silica-cemented sandstone

Iron oxide-cemented sandstone

Relative resistance to weathering and erosion

Petrology

Iron oxide-cemented sandstone

Calcite-cemented sandstone

Pyrite

Sand-siderite pellets

Asphalt

Sand-barites

Dolomite- cemented sandstone

Silica-cemented sandstone

Ankerite and celestite cemented sandstones

Origin

Origin of etched grains

Space between grains

Sequence of cements

Time of cementation

Causes of localization of cement

Uses

Test data

Conclusions

Occurrence

Clay County

Dickinson County

Ellsworth County

Kearny County

Lincoln County

McPherson County

Ottawa County

Rice County

Saline County

References


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