Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2022-3

Geological Details for 2021 Geological Mapping of Miami County, Kansas

by Stephan C. Oborny, Anthony L. Layzell, K. David Newell, Rolfe D. Mandel, and Jon J. Smith

KGS Open File Report 2022-3
April 27, 2022

Introduction

The following provides a summary of published and unpublished data used in the development of the Geological Map of Miami County (i.e., Layzell et al., in prep). In the last few decades, numerous investigations of Pennsylvanian stratigraphy in eastern Kansas have identified significant miscorrelation of units within the Zarah Subgroup interval of the Kansas City Group, owing to rapid variability in unit distribution and thicknesses (e.g., Arvidson, 1990; Heckel and Watney, 2002; Oborny, 2015; and Oborny et al., 2017). Together, these observations resulted in revision to the stratigraphic nomenclature for this interval by the Kansas Geological Survey (Oborny et al., in prep). These nomenclatural changes have subsequently been used to revise and update the surficial geologic map for Miami County (Layzell et al., in prep.). Many critical observations from these previous studies are outlined in detail within Oborny et al. (in prep).

The complete report is available as a PDF file.

• Open File Report 2022-3 (pdf)
• Well log and drill core data (xlsx)

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