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Part 1: Rock Formations of Chase County, by Raymond C. Moore, John Mark Jewett, and Howard G. O'Connor
- Introduction
- Location and geography
- Field work
- Previous geologic work
- Acknowledgments
- Stratigraphy of outcrops
- Quaternary System
- Tertiary System (?)
- Permian System
Part 2: Mineral Resources of Chase County, by Howard G. O'Connor, John Mark Jewett, and R. Kenneth Smith
- Introduction
- Economic geology of outcrops
- Limestone
- Ceramic materials
- Gravel and sand
- Subsurface rocks
- Stratigraphy and structure
- Oil and gas
Part 3: Ground-water Resources of Chase County, by Howard G. O'Connor
- Ground-water resources
- Source
- Principles of occurrence
- Unconfined water
- Confined water
- Ground-water recharge
- Recharge from precipitation
- Seepage from streams and ponds
- Percolation from outside the area
- Discharge of subsurface water
- Evaporation and transpiration
- Springs and seeps
- Discharge by wells
- Public water supplies
- Industrial supplies
- Availability of large ground-water supplies
- Chemical character of water
- Total dissolved solids
- Hardness
- Iron
- Fluoride
- Nitrate
- Sanitary considerations
- Ground-water regions in Chase County
- Bluestem upland region (B)
- Cedar Creek area (Bc)
- South Elmdale area (Bs)
- Middle Creek area (Bm)
- Fox Creek area (Bf)
- Thurman area (Bt)
- Dissected Bluestem region (D)
- Rock Creek area (Dr)
- Elmdale area (De)
- Buckeye-Peyton Creek area (Db)
- Verdigris-Bloody Creek area (Dv)
- Alluvial floodplain region (A)
- Alluvial terrace region (T)
- Well-numbering system
- Records of wells
- References
- Plates
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Kansas Geological Survey, Chase County Geohydrology
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