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Elk County Geohydrology

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Part 1--Rock Formations of Elk County, by George J. Verville; Abstracted for this report by John M. Jewett

Abstract

Introduction

Location and geography

Field work

Previous geologic work

Acknowledgments

Stratigraphy of outcropping rocks

Quaternary System

Tertiary (?) System

Permian System

Pennsylvanian System

Part 2--Mineral Resources of Elk County, by Robert Kulstad, Norman Plummer, Walter H. Schoewe, and Edwin D. Goebel

Introduction

Economic geology of outcropping rocks

Limestone

Gravel

Ceramic materials

Coal

Subsurface rocks

Stratigraphy and structure

Oil and gas

Part 3--Ground-water Resources of Elk County, by Charles K. Bayne

Introduction

Well-numbering System

Principles of Occurrence

Ground-water recharge

Discharge of subsurface water

Evaporation and transpiration

Springs and seeps

Discharge by wells

Chemical character of water

Dissolved solids

Hardness

Iron

Fluoride

Nitrate

Chloride

Sanitary considerations

Ground-water regions in Elk County

Wreford-Americus region

Hamlin-Dry region

Dover-Burlingame region

Silver Lake-Severy region

Topeka-Lecompton region

Kanwaka region

Oread region

Ireland region

Stranger region

Alluvium-Terrace region

Records of typical wells

Records of wells

References

Plates


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