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Contents
Purpose and scope of investigation
Previous work
Area of investigation
Methods of investigation
Acknowledgments
Structural setting
Stratigraphic relations
Johnson Shale
Red Eagle Limestone
Glenrock Limestone Member
Bennett Shale Member
Howe Limestone Member
Roca Shale
Paleobotany
Palcozoology
Stratigraphic paleontology
Marine plants
Calcareous algae
Marine and brackish-water plants
Charophytes
Spores
Carbonized terrestrial plant material
Marine animals
Foraminifers
Bryozoans
Brachiopods
Gastropods
Cephalopods
Pelecypods
Worms
Ostracodes
Crinoids
Echinoids
Conodonts and fish remains
Cyclothemic nature of the faunal assemblages
Deposition of the Johnson Shale
Deposition of the Red Eagle Limestone
Glenrock Limestone Member
Bennett Shale Member
Howe Limestone Member
Deposition of the Roca Shale
Cyclothemic nature of the sedimentary facies
Summary of major facies in the Red Eagle cyclothem
Red shale facies
Green shale facies
Black shale facies
Fusuline limestone facies
Bioclastic limestone facies
Conglomeratic-bioclastic limestone facies
Shelly shale-limestone facies
Algal limestone facies
Osagite limestone facies
Aphanitic limestone facies
Environmental history of the Red Eagle cyclothem
Descriptions of sampled Red Eagle cyclothem sections
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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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