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Contents
Purpose and scope of investigation
Previous work
Location and description of area
Procedure
Acknowledgments
Upper part of the Dakota Formation
Lower part of the Greenhorn Limestone
Graneros Shale
Name and definition
History of nomenclature
Distribution and thickness
Silty shale
Noncalcareous sandstone and siltstone
Calcareous sandstone and siltstone
Skeletal limestone
Bone beds
Bentonite
Concretions
Fossils and correlation
Microfossils
Ichnofossils
General statement
Salinity
Turbulence and depth of water
Rate of deposition
Bottom conditions
Paleoecology
Foraminifers
Brachiopods
Pelecypods
Ammonites
Inorganic sediment
Organic sediment
Diagenesis
Paleogeography and general depositional history
Descriptions of key sections
List of localities
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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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