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Graneros Shale in Central Kansas

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Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and scope of investigation

Previous work

Location and description of area

Procedure

Acknowledgments

Stratigraphy

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

Depositional environment

General statement

Salinity

Turbulence and depth of water

Rate of deposition

Bottom conditions

Paleoecology

Foraminifers

Brachiopods

Pelecypods

Ammonites

Origin of sediments

Inorganic sediment

Organic sediment

Diagenesis

Paleogeography and general depositional history

Conclusions

References

Appendix

Descriptions of key sections

List of localities

Plates


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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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