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Contents
Field work
Acknowledgments
General surface features of Kansas
Surface features of Cowley County
Origin of asymmetrical stream valleys
Application of Ferrel's law
Migration of streams down the dip
Southward tilting
Climatic factors
Summary
Chattanooga shale
Mississippian limestone
Cherokee shale
Marmaton and Kansas City groups
Lansing group
Douglas group
Shawnee group
Wabaunsee group
Burlingame (?) limestone
Humphrey (?) shale
Emporia (?) limestone
Admire shale
Foraker limestone
Americus (?) limestone member
Elmdale shale
Red Eagle limestone member
Neva limestone
Eskridge shale
Council Grove group
Cottonwood limestone
Garrison shale
Crouse limestone member
Chase group
Wreford limestone
Matfield shale
Florence flint
Fort Riley limestone
Doyle shale
Winfield limestone
Sumner group
Luta limestone
Enterprise shale
Herington limestone
Wellington formation
Pliocene (?) series
Gravel
Gravel
Loess
Distribution
Origin
Age
Alluvium
Dune sand
Regional structure
Local structure of surface beds in Cowley County
Attitude of the Mississippian surface
Thinning of Mississippian beds over structural features
Mississippian surface at time of burial
Structural details of the Slick-Carson dome
Origin of the structural features
Relation of the attitude of the beds to the occurrence of oil and gas
Oil and gas fields
Winfield district
Location
History
Stratigraphy
Structure
Peacock pool
Winfield pool
Rockwell pool
Biddle pool and northeast extension
Elrod pool
Shallow gas fields
State School pool
Rainbow Bend field
Location
History of development and production
Surface rocks
Buried rocks
Structure
Occurrence of oil and gas
Graham field
Location
History of development and production
Stratigraphy
Oil-producing rocks
Structure
Slick-Carson field
Location
History and production
Surface rocks
Buried rocks
Possible oil-producing rocks
Structure
Smith-Shafer pool
Location
History and production
Surface and buried rocks
Structure
Future drilling
Rock field
Location
History of development and production
Properties of the oil
Surface and buried rocks
Eastman field
Location
History and production
Quality of the oil
Surface and buried rocks
Structure
Dexter-Otto district
Location
History and production
Helium content of gas
Surface rocks
Buried rocks
Rocks productive of oil and gas
Structure
Oil and gas possibilities
Falls City field
Location
History, production, and character of oil and gas
Surface rocks
Buried rocks
Productive beds
Structure
Other fields in the county
Clarke pool
Udall pool
Redbud dome
Sec. 30, T. 30 S., R. 4 E.
Sec. 28, T, 31 S., R. 4 E.
Wilmot gas field
Floral gas field
Sec. 6, T. 30 S., R. 6 E.
Mahannah pool
Roth-Faurot pool
Grand Summit pool
Sec. 18, T. 32 S., R. 6 E.
Empire-McCormick pool
Olsen pool
Arkansas City district
T. 34 S., R. 3 E.
Sec. 33, T. 33 S., R. 3 E.
Industries related to exploitation of oil and gas
Refineries
Gasoline-extraction plants
Compression plants
Helium plant
Economic products other than oil and gas
Gravel mining
Sand mining
Stone quarrying
Water supply
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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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