Stratigraphy, Depositional Environments and Coalbed Methane Resources of Cherokee Group Coals (Middle Pennsylvanian)--Southeastern Kansas

Kansas Geological Survey
Open-file Report 2003-28

Mississippian-Pennsylanian Unconformity


Sink hole at Sunflower Pb-Zn mine in Cherokee County, Kansas. Location: SW 10-T35S-R24E. Note erosional contact between Mississippian and Middle Pennsylvanian Cherokee Group. The Riverton coal thickens into Mississippian lows.

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