Early Pleistocene Geomorphic History of Wabaunee, Southeastern Riley, and Southern Pottawatomie Counties, Kansas

Mudge, Melville Rhodes

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“…•In 1930 Condra (p. 53) placed the ttop of the Whlte Cloud 'at the base of the Ha:ppy Hollow, •and recognized the Happy Hollow :as :a separate unit of the Scranton Shale. Moore ( 1936:a, p. 209) discarded the name Scranton Shale and considered the Happy Hollow to !he a formation, but lat.er he and Mudge (1956Mudge ( , p. •2277 The Cedar Vale was named by Condra ( 1930, p. 53) from exposures east of Cedar Vale, Chautauqua County, Kans. Moore (1936a, p. 212) stated that it is exposed in the east bluff of the Caney River in sec.…”

Section: Happy Hollow Limestone Membermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moore ( 1936a, p. 213) discarded the name Scranton Shale and raised the shale members-including the Rulo-to formational rank. Later he and Mudge (1956Mudge ( , p. 2277 returned to the usage of Condra, in which the Rulo is considered to be a member of the Scranton. The type locality is about 2.5 miles north of Rulo, Richardson County, Nebr.…”

Section: Rulo Limestone Membermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…:ember and designated the shale as the upper unit of the Scranton Shale. Moore ( 1936a, p. 214) discarded the name Scranton Shale and considered the Silver Lake to be a formation; however, he and Mudge ( 1956Mudge ( , p. 2277 later reintroduced the name Scranton Shale and included the Silver Lake as its upper member. The type area is near Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kans.…”

Section: Rulo Limestone Membermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Elmont Limestone Member Beede ( 1898, p. 30) named the Elmont, and Condra (1935, p. 10) included it :as the upper member of his Preston (Emporia) Limestone. lfoore (19•36'a, classified the Elmont as ~a fornl'ation, 'but later he :and Mudge (1956Mudge ( , p. 2276 redefined the Elmont as a member of the Emporia Limestone. '.Dhe type locality is near Elmont, in novthern Shawnee County, K•ans.…”

Section: Reading Limestone Membermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This limestone had previously been included 1as pait of the Emporia Limestone• (Adams, Giity, ~and White, '1903, p. 52) •and also •as part of the Admire Group (Haworth and Bennett, 1908b, p. 114). Moore (1936a, p. 233) defined the Maple Hill as a formation, but later he and Mudge (1956Mudge ( , p. 2276 reclassified it as the upper member of the Zeandale Limestone. The ttype locaHty is •along Mill Creek south of Maple Hill, in the NW*SEl,i sec.…”

Section: Maple Hill Limestone Membermentioning

confidence: 99%

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Geology of Shawnee County, Kansas

Johnson¹,

Adkison²,

Wagner³

1967

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The eastern Shawnee County and vicinity study area, encompassing about 355 square miles of northeastern Kansas, was mapped as part of a study of Upper Pennsylvanian rocks. The area includes eastern Shawnee County and parts of southeastern Jackson, southwestern Jefferson, and westernmost Douglas Counties. Topographic coverage is provided by the Elmont, Grantville, Meriden, Richland, 'Topeka, and Wakarusa 7lh-minute quadrangles and the northernmost parts of the Carbondale and Overbrook quadrangles.The unexposed sedimentary rocks in the area range in age from Late Cambrian to Late Pennsylvanian and are as much as 2,700 feet thick. Biotite granite of the Precambrian basement complex has been penetrated in two wells.Exposed sedimentary rocks in the area are about 725 feet thick and are in the Shawnee and Wabaunsee Groups, of Late Pennsylvanian (Virgil) age. Relatively thick shale formations of claystone, siltstone, and sandstone and alternating thinner limestone formationsrecord a cyclic pattern of deposition. The shale formations were deposited largely under nonmarine conditions. The limestone units were deposited largely under marine conditions ranging from beach or extremely shallow water to deeper, fairly quiet water of normal salinity. The claystone and siltstone in the limestone formations were deposited in estuarine, shallow lagoonal, and normal-marine environments. The widespread Nodaway coal bed of the Howard Limestone was deposited during subaerial conditions. Local channels have eroded several formations, particularly the Topeka and Howard Limestones.Scattered deposits of chert gravel of pre-Kansan age occur in the area but are too small to map. Kansan glacial drift, consisting mainly of unstratified and unsorted clay till, covers most of the area. Thick deposits of stratified glacial outwash occur along the Kansas and Wakarusa Rivers.Alluvial material of Quaternary age fills the Kansas and Wakarusa River valleys and the valleys of the larger creeks. In the Kansas River valley, extensive deposits correlated with the Newman terrace of Wisconsin age occupy much of the valley floor, and a broad band of• Recent alluvium borders the river In the Wakarusa River valley the alluvial fill is also correlated with the Newman terrace, but small terrace remnants, questionably correlated with the Buck Creek terrace of Illinoian age, locally occur along the valley sides.

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Section: Happy Hollow Limestone Membermentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Rulo Limestone Membermentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Rulo Limestone Membermentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Reading Limestone Membermentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Maple Hill Limestone Membermentioning

confidence: 99%

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