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Morton County Geology

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Table of Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and scope of the investigation

Location and size of the area

Previous work

Methods of study

Acknowledgments

Geography

Topography and drainage

Climate

Mineral resources

Agriculture

Population

Transportation

General geology

Summary of stratigraphy

Geologic history

Paleozoic era

Mesozoic era

Triassic(?) period

Jurassic period

Cretaceous period

Cenozoic era

Tertiary period

Quaternary period

Ground water

Principles of occurrence

Artesian wells

The water table

Shape and slope

Relation to topography

Northwestern area

Northeastern area

Cimarron valley area

Richfield area

Area south of Cimarron river

Southern area

Fluctuations

Ground-water recharge

Recharge front local rainfall

Ogallala areas

Dune-sand areas

Loess areas

Recharge from streams

Recharge from adjacent areas

Ogallala formation

Cockrum sandstone

Cheyenne sandstone

Redbeds

Discharge of subsurface water

Vadose-water discharge

Ground-water discharge

Transpiration and evaporation

Springs and seeps

Wells

Recovery

Principles of recovery

Dug wells

Bored wells

Drilled wells

Drilled wells in consolidated deposits

Drilled wells in unconsolidated deposits

Methods of lift and types of pumps

Utilization of water

Domestic and stock supplies

Public water supplies

Railroad supplies

Irrigation supplies

Deep-well irrigation in adjacent areas in Kansas and Oklahoma

Possibilities of further development of irrigation from wells in Morton County

Northwestern area

Northeastern area

Eastern area

Quality of water

Chemical constituents in relation to use

Sanitary considerations

Relation to stratigraphy

Water-bearing formations

Permian system

Undifferentiated redbeds

Character

Distribution and thickness

Age and correlation

Water supply

Triassic (?) system

Undifferentiated redbeds

Character

Distribution and thickness

Age and correlation

Water supply

Jurassic(?) system

Morrison(?) formation

Cretaceous system

Dakota group

Cheyenne sandstone

Character

Distribution and thickness

Age and correlation

Origin

Water supply

Kiowa shale

Character

Distribution and thickness

Age and correlation

Water supply

Cockrum sandstone

Character

Distribution and thickness

Origin

Age and correlation

Water supply

Tertiary and Quaternary systems

Pliocene (including Ogallala formation) and Pleistocene, undifferentiated

Character

Distribution and thickness

Origin

Age and correlation

Water supply

Quaternary system

Pleistocene and Recent series

Loess

General features

Water supply

Dune sand

Character

Distribution and thickness

Origin

Age

Water supply

Alluvium

General features

Water supply

References

Table of well records

Well logs

Plates

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Kansas Geological Survey, Morton County Geohydrology
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