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Contents
Purpose and scope of investigation
Area and method of study
Acknowledgments
Major divisions
Subdivisions of formations
Dark shale and dark, irregular limestone
Gray shale
Underlimestones and sandstones
Underclay
Coal
The Croweburg-Verdigris relationship
Desmoinesian Series--Cherokee group
Venteran substage--Krebs subgroup
Riverton formation
Definition and subdivisions
Basal shale
Underclay
Riverton coal
Warner formation
Definition and subdivision
Shale between the Riverton coal and Warner Sandstone
Warner sandstone
Dark shale above the Warner sandstone
Underclay
Neutral coal
Rowe formation
Definition and subdivisions
Lowermost limestone
Beds between the limestone and Rowe coal
Rowe coal
Dry Wood formation
Definition and subdivisions
Dark shale
Silty limestone and clay-ironstone
Underclay
Dry Wood coal
Bluejacket formation
Definition and subdivisions
Lower shale and sandy shale
Bluejacket sandstone
Bluejacket coal
Seville formation
Cygnian substage--Cabaniss subgroup
Weir formation
Definition and subdivisions
Underclay
Weir-Pittsburg coal
Tebo formation
Definition and subdivisions
Shale
Underlimestone
Underclay
Tebo coal
Scammon formation
Definition and subdivisions
Lower dark shale and limestone
Sandstone above the lower shale and limestone
Shale above unnamed coal horizon and below Chelsea sandstone
Chelsea sandstone
Underclay
Scammon coal
Mineral formation
Definition and subdivisions
Lower limestone bed
Dark shale
Underlimestone and sandstone
Underclay
Mineral coal
Robinson Branch and Fleming formations
Definition and subdivisions
Robinson Branch formation
Lower limestone and calcareous shale
Dark shale
Sandstone and underlimestone
Underclay
Robinson Branch coal
Fleming formation
Calcareous shale and limestone
Dark shale
Sandstone
Underclay
Fleming coal
Croweburg formation
Definition and subdivisions
Lower limestone and calcareous shale
Dark-gray to black shale
Underlimestone and sandstone
Underclay
Croweburg coal
Verdigris formation
Definition and subdivisions
Gray shale
Black fissile shale
Verdigris limestone
Upper shale and sandstone
Bevier formation
Definition and subdivisions
Underclay
Bevier coal
Lagonda formation
Definition and subdivisions
Lower limestone and dark shale
Light-gray shale
Sandstone
Underclay
Iron Post coal
Mulky formation
Definition and subdivisions
Kinnison shale
Breezy Hill limestone
Underclay
Mulky coal
Excello formation
Definition and subdivisions
Appendix--Stratigraphic sections 1-98
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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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