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Objects and Plans of the University Geological Survey Organization
Chapter I--A Geologic Section from Galena to Wellington, by Geo. I. Adams
The Mississippian Series
The Cherokee Shales
The Oswego Limestones
The Pleasanton Shales
The Altamont Limestone
The Mound Valley Limestone
The Independence Limestone
The Thayer Shales
The Iola Limestone
The Elk Falls Area
The Flint Hills
The Wellington Area
General Section
Addendum to Chapter I--A Geologic Section across the Flint Hills along the Missouri Pacific Railway, beginning near Cedarvale and extending to Winfield. By C. N. Gould
The Mississippian Limestone
The Cherokee Shales
The Oswego Limestones
The Pawnee Limestone
The Pleasanton Shales
The Erie Limestones
The Iola Limestones
The Lane Shales
The Garnett Limestones
The Kansas City Section
Section at Soldiers' Home
Section at Atchison
Section three miles above Doniphan Station and two miles south of Brenner Station
Over the Divide
Section at Iowa Point and along the Bluff east of it
A--The Neosho River Section
The Cherokee Shales
The Oswego Limestones
The Pleasanton Shales
The Osage Mission Well
The Erie Limestones
The Thayer Shales
The Chanute Well
The Iola Limestone
The Iola Well
The Carlyle Limestone
The Lane Shales
The Garnett Limestones
The Lawrence Shales
The Hartford Limestone
The Emporia Limestone
The Americus Limestone
The Cottonwood Falls Limestone
Summary
B--The Cottonwood River Section
Phenis Mound
The Cottonwood Falls Limestone
Anticlinals and Synclinals
Section at State Line
Section at Fort Scott
The Oswego Limestones
The Pawnee Limestone
The Pleasanton Shales
The Erie Limestones
The Thayer Shales
The Iola Limestone
The Carlyle Limestone
Conditions near the State Line
The Iola Limestone
The Garnett Limestones
The Lawrence Shales
The Oread Limestones
Systems above the Oread Limestones
The Osage City Shales, Coal, and Limestone
The Burlingame Limestone
Systems above the Burlingame Shales
Section at Turner
Section at Argentine
The Lawrence Shales
The Oread Limestones
The Lecompton Limestones
The Deer Creek System
The Topeka Limestone
The Osage Shales and Coal
Buffalo Mound
Comparison of Buffalo Mound Section with Meek and Hayden's Section
General Remarks on the Stratigraphy of the Section
Addendum to chapter VI--A Section from Manhattan to Abilene, by Geo. I. Adams
Chapter VII--A Geologic Section from Coffeyville to Lawrence, by Erasmus Haworth
Coffeyville
Cherryvale
The Thayer Shales
The Iola Limestone
The Carlyle Limestones
The Lane Shales
The Garnett Limestones
The Lawrence Shales
The Oread Limestones
Evidence of Deep Wells
Outlines of Stratigraphy
A--The Mississippian
B--The Coal Measures
The Cherokee Shales
The Oswego Limestones
The Pawnee Limestone
The Pleasanton Shales
The Erie Limestones
The Thayer Shales
The Iola Limestone
The Carlyle Limestone
The Lane Shales
The Garnett Limestones
The Lawrence Shales
The Oread Limestones
Osage City and Burlington Shales
The Wabaunsee Formation
The Cottonwood Falls Limestone
The Cottonwood Shales
Characteristics of the Coal Measure Limestones
Characteristics of the Coal Measure Sandstones
Characteristics of the Coal Measure Shales
Shales Principally Submarine in Origin
Inclination of the Coal Measure Strata
Faults in the Coal Measures
Ratio of the Coal Measure Limestones to Shales and Sandstone
Thickness of the Coal Measures
Division of the Kansas Coal Measures
C--The Permian
The Lower Flint Beds
The Upper Flint Beds of Hay, Or Florence Flint of Prosser
The Fort Riley or Florence Limestone
Ratio of the Permian Limestone to Shales
Inclination of the Strata in the Permian
Faults in the Permian
General Resume
Correlations with the Work of other Geologists
Chapter X--Physiographic Features of the Carboniferous, by Erasmus Haworth
Elementary Considerations
The Kansas Rivers
Tributaries of the Kansas River
Absence of Composite Topography along the Kansas River
Life History of the Kansas River
The Osage River
Absence of Composite Topography
The Pottawatomie River
The Neosho River
The Verdigris River
Areal Topography
The Flint Hills
Chapter XI--The Coal Fields of Kansas (Preliminary), By Erasmus Haworth
Areal Extent of Coal Fields
The Geologic Position of the Coal Beds
The Cherokee Shales
The Pleasanton Shales
The Thayer Shales
The Lawrence Shales
The Osage City Shales
Resume of Stratigraphy of Coal
Physical and Chemical Properties of Kansas Coals
Commercial Value of Kansas Coals
Probable Future of Coal Mining in Kansas
Chapter XII--Oil and Gas in Kansas (Preliminary), By Erasmus Haworth
History of Development
Geographic Extent of Oil and Gas
Geology of Oil and Gas
Relation of Depth to Production
Is the Mississippian Series Oil or Gas Producing?
The Relation of Oil and Gas Production to Anticlinals and Synclinals
Physical and Chemical Properties of Kansas Oil and Gas
Origin of Kansas Oil and Gas
Probable Extent of Productive Territory
Probable Future of Oil and Gas in Kansas
Chapter XIII--Surface Gravels,. by Erasmus Haworth
Geographic Location of Gravels
Previously Expressed Views
Results of Present Investigations
Chapter XIV--The Coal Measure Soils (Preliminary), By Erasmus Haworth
General Principles
Glacial Soils
Kansas Soils
Soil Fertilization
Investigations Inaugurated by this Survey
Biological Classification
Classified by Counties
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