Marine bank development in Plattsburg limestone (Pennsylvanian), Neodesha-Fredonia area, Kansas
Series: Bulletin 134, pt. 8. 1959 Reports of studies, pt. 8
Publisher: Kansas Geological Survey
Published: 1959
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kansas
Language: eng
Number of pages: 43
Subjects: Geology -- Kansas -- Neodesha-Fredonia area; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Pennsylvanian; Limestone -- Kansas
First sentence: The Plattsburg Limestone is anomalously thick in the Neodesha-Fredonia area, increasing from an average of about 20 feet to a maximum thickness of 115 feet.
Description: The Plattsburg Limestone (Lansing Group, Upper Pennsylvanian) anomalously thickens in the area near Neodesha and Fredonia, southeastern Kansas, where it increases from an average of about 20 feet thick to a maximum of 115 feet. This study was undertaken to interpret the causes and the economic significance of this thickening. The Plattsburg Limestone was studied in outcrops in the eastern part of the Neodesha-Fredonia area and was traced by means of drillers logs in the western part of the area where it passes underground.
Notes: Part of illustrative matter folded in pocket.
Table of contents: title: Abstract, p. 291; title: Introduction, p. 292; title: Stratigraphy and Lithology of Plattsburg Limestone in Neodesha-Fredonia Area, p. 297; title: Economic Significance of Plattsburg Limestone in Neodesha-Fredonia Area, p. 314; title: Deposition of Plattsburg Limestone, p. 316; title: Summary, p. 326; title: Appendix--List of measured-section localities, p. 329; title: References, p. 331