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Contents
Purpose and scope of investigation
Location and extent of area
Previous investigations
Methods of investigation
Well-numbering system
Acknowledgments
Topography and drainage
Climate
Population
Transportation
Agriculture
Mineral resources
Construction materials
Concrete aggregate
Road metal
Mineral filler
Structural stone
Agricultural limestone
Oil
Gypsum
Ceramic raw materials, by Norman Plummer
Summary of stratigraphy
Pre-Cenozoic geologic history
Paleozoic Era
Mesozoic Era
Cenozoic geologic history
Tertiary Period
Quaternary Period--Pleistocene Epoch
The water table and movement of ground water
Recharge from precipitation
Percolation from outside the area
Seepage from streams and ponds
Discharge by evaporation and transpiration
Discharge by seeps and springs
Discharge by wells
Principles of recovery
Types of wells
Dug wells
Driven wells
Drilled wells
Domestic and stock supplies
Industrial supplies
Public supplies
Clay-Center
Clifton
Green
Idana
Longford
Morganville
Wakefield
Irrigation supplies
Chemical constituents in relation to use
Dissolved solids
Hardness
Iron
Fluoride
Chloride
Nitrate
Sulfate
Chemical constituents in relation to irrigation
Hydrologic properties of water-bearing materials
Aquifer-test determination of transmissibility and permeability
Theis recovery method of determining transmissibility
Straight-line graphical method of determining transmissibility and storage coefficients
Turner aquifer test
Summary
Rock units and their water-bearing properties
Permian System
Wolfcampian Series--Chase Group
Barneston Limestone
Doyle Shale
Winfield Limestone
Odell Shale
Nolans Limestone
Leonardian Series--Sumner Group
Wellington Formation
Cretaceous System
Comanchean Series
Kiowa Shale
Gulfian Series--Colorado Group
Dakota Formation
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
Kansan Stage
Illinoian Stage
Terrace deposits
Eolian deposits
Wisconsinan Stage
Terrace deposits
Eolian deposits
Recent Stage
Alluvium
Dune sand
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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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