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Geohydrology of Rush County

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Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and scope

Location and extent of area

Previous investigations

Methods of investigation

Well-numbering system

Acknowledgments

Topography and drainage

Climate

Population

Agriculture

Mineral resources

Oil and gas

Sand and gravel

"Quartzite"

Limestone

General Geology

Distribution of subsurface rocks

Precambrian rocks

Paleozoic rocks

Mesozoic rocks

Distribution of exposed rocks

Geology and Water Supply of Rock units

Permian System--Lower Permian Series

Sumner Group

Stone Corral Formation

Nippewalla Group

Cretaceous System--Lower Cretaceous Series

Cheyenne Sandstone

Kiowa Formation

Cretaceous System--Lower and Upper(?) Cretaceous Series

Dakota Formation

Cretaceous System--Upper Cretaceous Series

Graneros Shale

Greenhorn Limestone

Carlile Shale

Niobrara Chalk

Tertiary System--Pliocene Series

Ogallala Formation

Quaternary System--Pleistocene Series

Terrace deposits

Valley-fill deposits

Undifferentiated deposits

Ground Water

Source

Occurrence and movement

Storage

Changes in storage

Discharge

Pumping by wells

Evapotranspiration

Inflow to streams

Recharge

Subsurface inflow

Seepage losses from streams

Hydrologic Properties of Water-bearing Materials in Walnut Creek Valley

Chemical Character of Ground Water

Chemical constituents in relation to use

Chemical constituents in relation to location and aquifer

Aquifer delineation and water type

Sodium and chloride

Hardness as CaCO3 and sulfate

Fluoride, iron, and manganese

Silica

Chemical constituents in relation to use of water for irrigation

Sanitary quality

Utilization of Ground Water [Well Records]

Summary

Logs of Test Holes

Glossary of Terms

Selected References

Plates


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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
Placed on web Aug. 22, 2008; originally published July 1973.
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