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Contents
Purpose and scope of the investigation
Location and nature of the study area
Previous geologic investigations
Methods of investigation
Stratigraphy of outcropping rocks
Cretaceous System--Upper Cretaceous Series
Carlile Shale (Colorado Group)
Niobrara Chalk (Colorado Group)
Fort Hays Limestone Member
Smoky Hill Chalk Member
Pierre Shale (Montana group)
Tertiary System--Miocene Series
Ogallala Formation
Three members
Silica-cemented sandstone
Quaternary System--Pleistocene Series
Pre-Illinoian stages
Grand Island and Sappa Formations
Illinoian Stage
Crete Formation
Loveland Loess
Sangamon soil
Wisconsin Stage
Early to middle Wisconsin fluvial deposits
Gilman Canyon Formation
Peoria loess
Late Wisconsin fluvial deposits
Quaternary System--Holocene Series
Brady soil
Bignell Loess
Fluvial deposits
Eolian sand deposits
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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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