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Contents
Abstract
Purpose of study
Scope of study and acknowledgments
Geography, topography, drainage, and climate
Previous work done on the region
Methods of investigation
Field work
Laboratory investigation
Light microscopy
Thin sections
Study of mineral grains
Mechanical analyses
Electron microscopy
X-ray diffraction
Sumner group
Wellington formation
Ninnescah shale
Stone Corral dolomite
Nippewalla group
Harper formation
Chikaskia member
Kingman member
Salt Plain formation
Cedar Hills sandstone
Flowerpot shale
Blaine formation
Dog Creek shale
Formations not assigned to a group
Whitehorse sandstone
Day Creek dolomite
Taloga formation
Summary of subsurface stratigraphy
Wellington formation
Ninnescah shale
Stone Corral dolomite
Nippewalla group
Blaine formation and Dog Creek shale
Whitehorse sandstone
Day Creek dolomite
Taloga formation
Major constituents
Quartz
Feldspars
Dolomite and calcite
Gypsum and anhydrite
Halite
Layer lattice silicates
Hematite
Aggregates and rock fragments
Accessory heavy minerals
Nonopaque minerals
Apatite
Chlorite
Epidote
Garnet
Rutile
Sillimanite
Staurolite
Titanite
Tourmaline
Zircon
Opaque minerals
Hematite
Ilmenite, "leucoxene," and magnetite
Authigenic minerals (other than layer lattice silicates)
Anhydrite
Barite
Calcite and dolomite
Chalcopyrite and malachite
Gypsum
Halite, polyhalite, and glauberite
Pyrite
General character of the rocks
Distribution of rock types
Character of end members
Summary of texture
Particle size and sorting
Definition of terms
Grain-size distribution
Sorting
Particle shape (sphericity and roundness)
Surface textures
Summary of composition
Mineral composition
Major constituents
Accessory minerals
Chemical composition
Medium-grained clastics
Fine-grained sandstones
Light-red noncaleareous sandstone
White noncalcareous sandstone
Red calcareous sandstone
Fine-grained clastics
Siltstones
White and red calcareous and dolomitic argillaceous siltstones
Sandy siltstone
Clay shale and silty clay shale
Red shale
Greenish-gray shale
Carbonates and sulfates in shales
Mineral composition of Wellington shale sample from drill core
Evaporites
Dolomites
Gypsum
Halite
Climate, Sedimentation, and Paleogeography
General classification
Genetic significance and interpretation of deposits
Color
Significance of evaporites and salt casts
Absence of fossils
Ripples, rain prints, mud cracks, cross bedding
Mineralogy
Condition of feldspars
Coarse (detrital) micas
Clay minerals
Texture
Sedimentary processes, source areas, diastrophic background, and landscapes
Halite
Gypsum and anhydrite
Dolomite
Ceramic raw materials
Miscellaneous uses
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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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