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Contents
Importance of ground-water resources
Geological conditions affecting occurrence of ground water
Nature and distribution of ground water
Ground-water reservoirs
Relation to reservoirs above ground
Water movement and storage in the soil zone
Water below the soil zone
Effect of size of underground cavities
Bedrock reservoirs
Reservoirs in stream deposits
Filling ground-water reservoirs
Amount and distribution of rainfall
Nature of reservoir and cover
Nature of intake area
Effects of evaporation and transpiration
Conservation efforts
Underground movement of water
Unconfined movement in rocks and sediments
Movement in porous rock confined by impervious layers
Quantity of water obtainable from ground-water reservoirs
Quality of ground waters
Ground-water investigations by the Geological Survey in Kansas
Water-bearing formations of Kansas
Unconsolidated formations
Residual soils and mantle rock
Loess
Glacial deposits
Alluvium
Dune sand
Consolidated (bedrock) formations
Tertiary system
Cretaceous system
Permian system
Carboniferous system
Ordovician and Cambrian systems
Ground-water regions of Kansas
Eastern Kansas region
A-1, Cherokee district
A-2, Neosho district
A-3, Woodson district
A-4, Lyon district
A-5, Butler district
A-6, Marion district
A-7, Jackson district
North-central Kansas region
B-1, Ellsworth district
B-2, Osborne district
South-central Kansas region
C-1, Sumner district
C-2, Harper district
C-3, Comanche district
Western Kansas region
D-1, McPherson district
D-2, Stafford district
D-3, Greeley district
D-4, Meade district
D-5, Scott district
D-6, Stanton district
Alluvial deposits
Acknowledgments
Ground water in the McPherson district, Kansas, by S. W. Lohman
Occurrence of ground water in Ford County, Kansas, by H. A. Waite
Ground water in the Meade artesian basin, southwestern Kansas, by John C. Frye
Ground water in the Scott district, Scott and Finney counties, Kansas, by H. A. Waite
Gaging the ground-water reservoirs of Kansas, by S. W. Lohman
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Kansas Geological Survey, Geohydrology
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