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Contents
Purpose and scope of the investigation
Previous investigations
Methods of investigation
Well-numbering system
Acknowledgements
Location and extent of the area
Topography and drainage
Climate
Population
Transportation
Agriculture
Mineral resources
Sand and gravel
Gypsum
Limestone
Principles of occurrence
Artesian conditions
The water table and movement of ground water
Ground-water recharge
Recharge from local precipitation
Recharge from streams and ponds
Recharge from outside areas
Ground-water discharge
Discharge by transpiration and evaporation
Discharge by springs and seeps
Discharge movement to areas outside the county
Discharge by wells
Recovery
Principles of recovery
Dug wells
Bored wells
Driven wells
Drilled wells
Methods of lift and types of pumps
Utilization of water
Domestic and stock supplies
Public supplies
Blue Rapids
Frankfort
Waterville
Axtell
Beattie
Summerfield
Vermillion
Irving
Oketo
Industrial supplies
Air-conditioning supplies
Chemical character of ground water
Chemical constituents in relation to use
Dissolved solids
Hardness
Iron
Fluoride
Nitrate
Sulfate
Sanitary considerations
Geologic formations and their water-bearing properties
Subsurface geology
Pennsylvanian System (Virgilian Series)
Wabaunsee Group
Permian System (Wolfcampian Series)
Admire Group
Council Grove Group
Foraker limestone
Johnson shale
Red Eagle limestone
Roca shale
Grenola limestone
Eskridge shale
Beattie limestone
Stearns shale
Bader limestone
Easly Creek shale
Crouse limestone
Blue Rapids shale
Funston limestone
Speiser shale
Chase Group
Wreford limestone
Matfield shale
Barneston limestone
Doyle shale
Winfield limestone
Odell shale
Nolans limestone
Summer Group
Wellington formation
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
Pre-Kansan gravel
Atchison formation
Kansas till
Meade formation
Sanborn formation
Alluvium
Ground-water regions of Marshall County
Measured stratigraphic sections
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