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Contents
Statement of the Problem
Previous Investigations
Location and Description of the Area
Geography
General Geology
History of Stratigraphic Nomenclature
Fort Hays Limestone Member, Niobrara Chalk
Sharon Springs Shale Member, Pierre Shale
Stratigraphy of the Smoky Hill Chalk Member
Lithology
Stratified Chalk
Bioturbated Chalk
Granular Chalk
Bentonite
Shelly Zones
Uintacrinus Limestone
Nodules
Register of Localities
Locality 1
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Locality 12
Locality 13
Locality 19
Locality 18
Locality 22
Locality 23
Locality 20
Locality 24
Locality 25
Locality 21
Marker Units
General Statement
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Physical Correlation
Western Interior Standard Zonation
Chronologic Comparison of Pueblo, Colorado, and Kansas Sections
Biostratigraphy of Smoky Hill Member in Kansas
Petrology of the Smoky Hill Member
Stratified Chalk
Bioturbated and Granular Chalks
Skeletal Limestone
Diagenesis
Regional Setting and Stratigraphic Framework of Smoky Hill Deposition
Origin of Chalk Components
Physical Aspects of the Environment
General Statement
Depth of Deposition Temperature
Substrates and Bottom Conditions
Salinity
Paleoecology of Macroinvertebrate Fossils
Preservation
Inoceramids
Radiolitids
Ostreids
Pectinids
Bakevelliids
Cirripeds
Uintacrinids
Cephalopods
Trace Fossils
Infaunal Body Fossils
Community Structure and Habitat
Gas Production from the Smoky Hill Member
General Statement
Descriptions of Sections
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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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