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Table of Contents
Purpose and scope of the investigation
Location and size of the area
Previous geologic and hydrologic work
Methods of investigation
Acknowledgments
Topography and drainage
Sand hills
Upland plains
Dissected area
Drainage basins
Population
Transportation
Agriculture
Climate
Principles of Occurrence
Rock Types and Their Water-bearing Properties
Sand and gravel
Sandstone
Silt and clay
Shale
Artesian Conditions
The Water Table and Movement of Ground Water
Shape and slope
Relation to topography
Sand hills
Upland plains
Eastern dissected area
Western dissected area
Fluctuations of the water table
Ground-water Recharge
Recharge of the Meade and Ogallala formations
Recharge from local precipitation
Recharge from streams
Recharge from outside of county
Recharge of the Dakota formation
Recharge of the Cheyenne sandstone
Ground-water Discharge
General features
Springs and seepage ar6as
Character and distribution
Yield
Transpiration and evaporation
Wells
Recovery of Ground Water
Springs
Wells
Principles of recovery from wells
Dug wells
Driven wells
Drilled wells
Construction of wells in consolidated rocks
Construction of wells in unconsolidated rocks
Methods of lift
Utilization of Water
Domestic and Stock Supplies
Public Supplies
Industrial Supplies
Irrigation Supplies
Williamson well
Grimes well
Miller well
Weaver well
Davis well
Possibilities of Developing Additional Irrigation Supplies from Wells
Possibilities of Developing Additional Industrial Supplies from Wells
Chemical Character of Ground Water
Chemical Constituents in Relation to Use
Dissolved solids
Hardness
Iron
Chloride
Fluoride
Water for irrigation
Sanitary Considerations
Relation to Stratigraphy
Water-bearing Characteristics of Rock Formations
Permian System
Flowerpot shale
General features
Water supply
Blaine formation
General features
Medicine Lodge gypsum member
Dog Creek shale
Whitehorse sandstone
General features
Water supply
Cretaceous System
Comanchean series
Cheyenne sandstone
Character
Mechanical analyses
Distribution and thickness
Water supply
Kiowa shale
Character
Distribution and thickness
Water supply
Gulfian series
Dakota formation
Character
Distribution and thickness
Water supply
Tertiary System
Pliocene series
Ogallala formation
Character
Distribution and thickness
Water supply
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
Meade formation
Character
Distribution and thickness
Water supply
Pleistocene and Recent Series
Kingsdown silt
Character
Distribution and thickness
Water supply
Terrace deposits
Dune sand
Alluvium
Paleozoic Era
Mesozoic Era
Triassic and Jurassic Periods
Cretaceous Period
Cenozoic Era
Tertiary Period
Quaternary Period
Pleistocene Epoch
Recent Epoch
Records of Typical Wells and Springs
Measured Stratigraphic Sections
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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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