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Contents
Stratigraphy
Methods
Vertical succession of paleoenvironments
Stage 1: Paleoenvironments of the Hamlin shale before inundation
Stage 2: Initial inundation by the epeiric sea
Stage 3: Transition from brackish to restricted marine conditions
Stage 4: Restricted marine conditions
Stage 5: Transition from restricted marine to nearly normal marine conditions
Stage 6: Nearly normal to normal marine conditions
Stage 7: Turbid marine conditions
Stage 8: Normal marine conditions
Lateral distribution of paleoenvironments of the lower Americus Limestone Member
Thickness of shale as an indicator of paleoenvironment
Lithologic texture as an indicator of paleoenvironment
Morphology of boundstone as an indicator of paleoenvironment
Distribution of fossils and other constituents as indicators of paleoenvironment
Effects of structural features
Appendix A: Dunham's (1962) classification of carbonate rocks according to depositional texture
Appendix B: Folk's (1965) classification of carbonate cement
Appendix C: Classification of porosity from Choquette and Pray (1970)
Appendix D: Classification of fractures from Freytet and Plaziat (1982)
Appendix E: Register of localities
Appendix G: Selected measured sections
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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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