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Geological Survey of Kansas, v. 2 (1897)

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Contents

Letter of Transmittal

Preface

Organization and Objects

Introduction to Kansas Geology

Physiography of Western Kansas, by Erasmus Haworth

Drainage

Drainage in Tertiary Time

Character of Materials Eroded

Methods of Erosion

Individual Streams

Cimarron River

Bear Creek

Arkansas River

Pawnee Creek

White Woman Creek

Walnut Creek

Smoky Hill River

Saline River

Solomon River

Republican River

In General

The Uplands

The Upper Permian and Lower Cretaceous, by Charles S. Prosser

The Upper Permian

The Upper Limit in Eastern Central Kansas

Introduction

Review of Former Maps

Map of Prosser and Beede

The Upper Permian Formations

Marion

Wellington

The Cimarron Series or Red-Beds

Historical Review

Description

Correlation

Classification

Cretaceous

Comanche Series of Kansas

Review of Previous Work

Classification

Cheyenne Sandstone

Kiowa Shales

"Dakota" Sandstone of Southern Kansas

Distribution

Kiowa-Barber-Comanche Area

Southern Comanche Area

Clark County Area

Discussion of the Sections

Kiowa of Central Kansas

The Dakota Sandstone

The Mentor Beds

Description

Distribution

Correlation

References to Description of the Mentor Fauna

The Upper Cretaceous of Kansas, by W. N. Logan

Introduction by Erasmus Haworth

The Upper Cretaceous, by W. N. Logan

Geography

Topography

Dip

Divisions

The Dakota

Lower Group

Upper Group

Lignite Horizon

Salt Marsh Horizon

Gypsiferous Horizon

Dakota Stratigraphy

Palaeontology

Dakota Water-bearing Strata

The Benton

Geography

Stratigraphy

The Lower Group

The Bituminous Shale Horizon

The Lincoln Marble Horizon

The Flagstone Horizon

The Inoceramus Horizon

The Fence-Post Horizon

The Upper Group

The Ostrea Horizon

The Blue Hill Horizon

The Salt Creek Gravel Beds

The Niobrara

Septaria

Fort Hays Limestone

Pteranodon Beds

The Fort Pierre

Section through the Cretaceous—Clifton to Colorado Line

Benton Section—Beloit to Tipton

Fort Pierre Section—St. Francis to Arickaree River

Dakota Section—Brookville to Little Timber Creek

Correlation of Kansas and Colorado Sections

Eastern Colorado Section, by G. K. Gilbert

Central Colorado Section, by T. W. Stanton

Central and Western Kansas Section, by W. N. Logan

The Kansas Niobrara Cretaceous, by S. W. Williston

Niobrara Cretaceous

Invertebrates

Vertebrates

Physical Properties of the Tertiary, by Erasmus Haworth

Conditions at Beginning of Tertiary Time

Character of the Tertiary Material in Kansas

The Gravel

The Sand

Black Sand

Clay and Silt

Volcanic Ash

Structural Relations of Tertiary Materials

Evidence from Surface Conditions

Evidence from Deep Wells

The Cement

Origin of the Cement

The Clay Beds

Plains Marl

The Sand Dunes

Origin of Sand Dunes

Surface Gravels

Summary of Conclusions on Stratigraphy

Origin and Mode of Formation of the Tertiary

The McPherson Equus Beds, by Erasmus Haworth and J. W. Beede

Location

Topography

Structure

Origin

Economic Interests

The Pleistocene of Kansas, by S. W. Williston

Plates


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