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Contents
Location and extent of area
Present investigation
Acknowledgments
Previous publications
Population and industry
Accessibility
Surface features
Drainage
Climate
General statement
Carboniferous system
Mississippian series
Osage subseries
Pennsylvanian series
Des Moines subseries
Cherokee shale
Little Cabin sandstone member
Beds between the Little Cabin and Bluejacket sandstone members
Bluejacket sandstone member
Beds between Bluejacket sandstone member and Weir-Pittsburg coal
Weir-Pittsburg coal and overlying shale
Ardmore limestone member and overlying shale
"Squirrel sand" of drillers
Breezy Hill limestone member and overlying shale
Thickness of the Cherokee shale
Unconformity at the base of the Cherokee shale
Unconformities within the Cherokee shale
Correlations
Marmaton group
Fort Scott limestone
Lower member
Shale between lower and upper members
Upper member
Englevale channel sandstone
Labette shale
Pawnee limestone
Tertiary or Quaternary gravels
Quaternary system
Gravel deposits
Alluvium
Soils
Structure of the southeastern Kansas coal field
Structure of the zinc-lead district of southeastern Kansas
Faults
Sink holes
Coal
General statement
Riverton coal bed
Local coal beds from 50 to 175 feet above the base of the Cherokee shale
Columbus and Rowe coal beds
Coal between the Columbus and Weir-Pittsburg beds
Weir-Pittsburg coal bed
Pilot coal bed
Coal between the Pilot and Mineral beds
Mineral coal bed
Fleming coal bed
Croweburg coal bed
Bevier coal bed
Stice coal bed
Local coal beds in the upper part of the Cherokee shale
Fort Scott coal bed
Coal in Fort Scott limestone
Coal in the Labette shale
Physical and chemical character of coal
Production of coal
Mining methods
Uses and markets
Petroleum and natural gas
Clay and shale for ceramic industries
Road metal
Pennsylvanian Invertebrate Faunas of Southeastern Kansas, by James Williams
Introduction
Collections from the Pawnee limestone
Collections from the Labette shale
Collections from the Fort Scott limestone
Collections from the Cherokee shale
General statement
Crawford and Cherokee counties
Eastern Labette County
Comparison of faunal zones and ranges of some species within the Cherokee shale
Comparison of Cherokee faunal zones in Labette County with zones in Crawford and Cherokee counties
Differences between the Cherokee and Fort Scott formations and regional correlation of the Cherokee
Register of collecting localities
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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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