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Contents
Purpose and nature of the work
Use of microscopic criteria
Application of formation names to subsurface units
Accuracy of samples
Technique
Terminology
Acknowledgments
Chattanooga shale (Kinderhook?)
General statement
Character
Distribution
Thickness
Stratigraphic relations
Chouteau limestone, Northview shale, and Compton limestone
Compton limestone and Northview shale
Outcrops
Subsurface character of the Compton limestone
Subsurface character of the Northview shale
Thickness of Compton and Northview
Transition to Chouteau
Chouteau limestone
Outcrops
Subsurface character in Kansas
Thickness
Distribution
Stratigraphic relations
Rocks of Kinderhook or Osage age
Sedalia limestone
General statement
Outcrops
Subsurface character in Kansas
Distribution and thickness
Stratigraphic relations
Gilmore City limestone
General statement
Surface outcrops
Subsurface distribution in Iowa
Subsurface development in Kansas
Thickness
Distribution
Stratigraphic relations
St. Joe limestone
Outcrops
Area of deposition in Kansas
Subsurface character in Kansas
Shale of the St. Joe
Limestone of the St. Joe
Thickness
Distribution
Stratigraphic relations
Reeds Spring limestone
Surface character and distribution
Subsurface character in Kansas
Thickness
Distribution
Stratigraphic relations
Burlington and Keokuk limestones
Surface character and distribution
Occurrence in Kansas
Burlington limestone in subsurface in Kansas
Thickness
Distribution
Stratigraphic relations
Keokuk limestone in subsurface in Kansas
Oolitic limestone
Pre-oolite folding
Thickness
Distribution
Stratigraphic relations
Rocks of early Meramec age
Cowley formation
Definition
Surface at the base of the Cowley formation
Lithology
Silty limestone
Glauconitic zone
Dark limestone and semitranslucent dark chert
Dolomite and matted chert
White chert
Relation of lithologic types to pre-Cowley topography
Unconformable relation to underlying rocks
Sphalerite
Warsaw limestone in the subsurface
Thickness
Distribution
Stratigraphic relations
Rocks of late Meramec age
Outcrops
Subsurface formations in Kansas
Watchorn formation
Definition
Description
Watchorn formation in eastern Kansas
Watchorn formation in western Kansas
Age of the Watchorn formation
Cross Section in Western Kansas
Relation of the Cowley Formation to the Mayes Formation
Report on Fossils of Mississippian Age from Well Cores in Western Kansas, by Geo. H. Girty
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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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