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Geohydrology of Ellsworth County

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Figure 5

Figure 5--Generalized section of Kiowa and Dakota formations in Ellsworth County and some of the variations in nomenclature and interpretation of stratigraphic relationships in Kansas. The Cheyenne Sandstone, which underlies the Kiowa Formation in its type area in southern Kansas, is not exposed in Ellsworth County but may have equivalents in the subsurface of western Ellsworth County.

Eleven sections showing relationships of Kiowa and Dakota formations.


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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
Placed on web Sept. 18, 2008; originally published March 1971.
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