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Table of Contents
Purpose and scope of the investigation
Location and extent of the area
Previous investigations
Methods of investigation
Well-numbering system
Acknowledgments
Topography and drainage
Climate
Population
Transpoitation
Agriculture
Mineral resources
Summary of stratigraphy
Rocks not exposed
Geomorphology
Hydrologic properties of the water-bearing materials
Porosity and specific yield
Permeability and transmissibility
Pumping tests
The water table and movement of ground water
Shape and slope of the water table
Fluctuations in the water table
Streams
Subsurface movement from adjacent areas
Irrigation water
Transpiration and evaporation
Springs and seeps
Wells
Subsurface movement to adjacent areas
Principles of recovery
Dug wells
Driven wells
Drilled wells
Methods of lift and types of pumps
Domestic and stock supplies
Public supplies
Leoti
Tribune
Horace
Industrial supplies
Irrigation supplies
Possibilities of further development of irrigation supplies
Chemical constituents in relation to use
Dissolved solids
Hardness
Silica
Iron
Fluoride
Nitrate
Water for irrigation
Sanitary considerations
Quality of water in streams
Geologic formations and their water-bearing properties
Cretaceous System
Gulfian Series--Colorado Group
Dakota formation
Graneros, Greenhorn, and Carlile formations
Niobrara formation
Fort Hays limestone member
Smoky Hill chalk member
Tertiary System
Pliocene Series
Ogallala formation
Character
Distribution and thickness
Age and correlation
Water supply
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
Sanborn formation
Character
Distribution and thickness
Age and correlation
Water supply
Dune sand
Alluvium
General features
Water supply
Records of water levels in observation wells
Records of representative wells
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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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