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Contents
Purpose of report
Nature and distribution of Pennsylvanian rocks in Kansas
Previous studies of Pennsylvanian rocks in Kansas and neighboring States
Northern midcontinent interstate conference on Pennsylvanian classification
Acknowledgements
Boundaries of the Pennsylvanian System in the Kansas Region
Mississippian-Pennsylvanian boundary
Pennsylvanian-Permian boundary
Definition of Pennsylvanian Divisions Based on Historical Geology
Definition of Pennsylvanian Divisions Based on Lithological Characters
General description
Springeran Series
Morrowan Series
Kearny formation
General description
General description
Unnamed subsurface Atokan rocks in western Kansas
General description
Definition and thickness
Distribution
Lithologic character
Classification
Cyclic sedimentation
Definition and thickness
Distribution
Lithologic character
Cyclic sedimentation
Classification
Fort Scott limestone
Labette shale
Pawnee limestone
Bandera shale
Altamont limestone
Nowata shale
Lenapah limestone
Memorial shale
General description
General description
Definition
Distribution and thickness
Lithologic character
Definition
Distribution and thickness
Lithologic character
Cyclic sedimentation
Classification
Bronson subgroup
General description
Hertha limestone
Ladore shale
Swope limestone
Galesburg shale
Dennis limestone
Linn subgroup
General description
Cherryvale formation
Drum limestone
Chanute formation
Iola limestone
Zarah subgroup
General description
Lane shale
Wyandotte limestone
Bonner Springs shale
Definition
Distribution and thickness
Lithologic character
Classification
Plattsburg limestone
Vilas shale
Stanton limestone
General description
Weston shale
Iatan limestone
General description
Definition
Distribution and thickness
Lithologic character and classification
Stranger formation
Lawrence formation
Definition
Distribution and thickness
Lithologic character and classification
Oread limestone
Kanwaka shale
Lecompton limestone
Tecumseh shale
Deer Creek limestone
Calhoun shale
Topeka limestone
Definition
Distribution and thickness
Lithologic character and classification
Sacfox subgroup
General description
Severy shale
Howard limestone
White Cloud shale
Happy Hollow limestone
Cedar Vale shale
Rulo limestone
Silver Lake shale
Nemaha subgroup
General description
Burlingame limestone
Soldier Creek shale
Wakarusa limestone
Auburn shale
Reading limestone
Harveyville shale
Elmont limestone
Willard shale
Tarkio limestone
Richardson subgroup
General description
Wamego shale
Maple Hill limestone
Langdon shale
Dover limestone
Dry shale
Grandhaven limestone
Friedrich shale
Jim Creek limestone
French Creek shale
Caneyville limestone
Pony Creek shale
Brownville limestone
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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
Placed on web Jan. 26, 2009; originally published Nov. 1949.
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