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Contents
Purpose and scope of the investigation
Location and size of the area
Previous geologic and hydrologic work
Methods of investigation
Acknowledgments
Topography and drainage
Population
Transportation
Agriculture
Climate
Paleozoic era
Permian period
Mesozoic era
Triassic (?) period
Jurassic period
Cretaceous period
Cenozoic era
Tertiary period
Quaternary period
The water table and movement of ground water
Shape and slope
Relation to topography
Northeastern shallow-water area
Southeastern shallow-water areas
Southwestern shallow-water areas
Manter deep-water area
West-central deep-water area
Northwestern deep-water area
Johnson area of intermediate depth to water
Fluctuations
Recharge from local rainfall
Recharge from streams
Recharge from outside of county
Transpiration and evaporation
Seepage into streams
Springs
Wells
Principles of recovery
Dug wells
Drilled wells
Wells in consolidated deposits
Wells in unconsolidated deposits
Blowing wells
Domestic and stock supplies
Public water supplies
Railroad supplies
Irrigation supplies
Brown well
Molz well
Clarence Winger well
Charles Winger well
Possibilities of developing additional irrigation supplies
Chemical constituents in relation to use
Total dissolved solids
Hardness
Iron
Fluoride
Water for irrigation
Sanitary considerations
Relation to stratigraphy
Geologic formations and their water-bearing properties
Permian system
Triassic(?) system
Undifferentiated redbeds
Character
Distribution and thickness
Age and correlation
Water supply
Jurassic (?) system
Morrison (?) formation
Cretaceous system
Dakota group
Cheyenne sandstone
Character
Distribution and thickness
Age and correlation
Origin
Water supply
Kiowa shale
Character
Distribution and thickness
Age and correlation
Water supply
Cockrum sandstone
Character
Distribution and thickness
Age and correlation
Water supply
Tertiary and Quaternary systems
Pliocene (including the Ogallala formation) and Pleistocene undifferentiated
Character
Distribution and thickness
Origin
Age and correlation
Water supply
Quaternary system
Loess
Dune sand
Alluvium
Records of drilled wells in Stanton county
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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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