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Contents
Location of the area
Method of study
Topography of the area
Acknowledgments
Lansing group
Stanton limestone
Captain Creek limestone member
Eudora shale member
Stoner limestone member
Rock Lake shale member
South Bend limestone member
Pedee group
Weston shale
Iatan limestone
Douglas group
Stranger formation
Tonganoxie sandstone member
Westphalia limestone member
Vinland shale member
Haskell limestone member
Robbins shale member
Lawrence formation
Ireland sandstone member
Amazonia limestone member
Study of the Tonganoxie Sandstone
Lithology of the Tonganoxie sandstone
Conglomerate unit
Sandstone unit
Texture
Composition
Stratification
Shale unit
Coal unit
Relations of the Tonganoxie sandstone to overlying beds
Sedimentary origin and environment of the Tonganoxie sandstone
General statement
Disconformity
Tonganoxie Valley
Erosion and deposition in the Tonganoxie Valley
Sources of sediment
Deposition of the conglomerate unit
Deposition of the sandstone unit
Deposition of the shale unit
Deposition of the coal unit
Tonganoxie sandstone and cyclic deposition
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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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