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Geohydrology of Southwestern Kansas

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Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and scope of investigation

Location and extent of the area

Previous investigations

Well-numbering system

Metric units

Acknowledgments

Geologic framework

Stratigraphy

Geologic structure

Permian surface

Bedrock surface

Surface topography

Hydrology

Ground-water occurrence

Bedrock aquifers

Gypsum aquifer

Sandstone aquifer

Chalk aquifer

Unconsolidated aquifer

Potentiometric surface

Saturated thickness

Potential yield

Quality of water for irrigation

Surface water

Arkansas River

Cimarron River

Unconsolidated aquifers

Quaternary alluvium

Ogallala Formation and undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits

Bedrock aquifers

Whitehorse Formation

Day Creek Dolomite

Undifferentiated Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous rocks

Niobrara Chalk

Suitability of water for irrigation

Hydrologic cycle

Precipitation

Recharge

Discharge

Annual withdrawal

Ground-water development

Effects of development

Water-level declines

Depletion of ground water in storage

Future outlook for irrigation

Economic factors

Future studies

Selected references

Glossary of geohydrologic terms

Plates


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Kansas Geological Survey, Geohydrology
Placed on web July 28, 2013; originally published 1981.
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