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Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 1992-30


Red Hills Field Trip

by Jim McCauley and Rex Buchanan

Staff Field Trip Oct. 6-7, 2992
KGS Open-file Report 1992-30

The following two-day field trip begins west of Medicine Lodge, runs through the Red Hills, and ends at little Basin in western Clark County. The route will go through Permian redbeds, Cretaceous sandstones and shales, and the more recent Ogallala Formation. We will also see several recent and historic examples of subsidence.

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OFR92-30.pdf (2.7 MB)

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