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Sec 34, T. 5 S, R. 2 E.
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Roadcut on north side of Kansas Highway 9, east of Clifton
Measured by R.E. Whitla, Aug. 1940
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
8 Soil  
7 Irregularly bedded sandstone. 4-5 ft.
6 Thin-bedded shaly sandstone. 12"
5 Thin-bedded gray shale. Grades upward with sandstone. 12"
4 Thin-bedded, papery sandstone. Some standstone layers as much as 1 1/2 inches thick, however. 23"
3 Thinbedded, gray shale. 5"
2 Masive sandstone containing thin papery layers of shale. 23"
1 Loose, friable sandstone. 12"


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