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    The geology of Kansas encompasses the geologic history and the presently exposed rock and soil. Rock that crops out in the US state of Kansas was formed...
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    The Kansas Geological Survey (KGS) is a research and service division of the University of Kansas, charged by statute with studying and providing information...
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    of Kansas commons:Category:Geography of Kansas Geology of Kansas Category:Geology of Kansas commons:Category:Geology of Kansas Ghost towns in Kansas Category:Ghost...
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    Ogallala Aquifer (category Geology of Kansas)
    "Geohydrology of the High Plains Aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming". U.S. Geological Survey...
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    Denver Basin (category Geology of Kansas)
    1854-1905, Geology of the Denver basin in Colorado (1896) Washington D.C, Government Printing Office Kansas Geological Survey: Geological Overview of the Niobrara...
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    Flint Hills (category Geology of Kansas)
    KGI Online Library State Library of Kansas Maps Flint Hills Map (pdf) - Kansas Geological Survey (University of Kansas) Flint Hills Map (pdf) - Flint Hills...
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    product of the underlying geology, does not fit the conventional description of the Great Plains landscape of Kansas. The red bed sediments of the Red...
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    Midcontinent Rift System (category Geology of Kansas)
    is a 2,000 km (1,200 mi) long geological rift in the center of the North American continent and south-central part of the North American plate. It formed...
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    M-118--Surficial Geology of Kansas" (PDF). Kansas Geological Survey. 2010. "A Review of Early Navigation on the Kansas River - Kansas Historical Society"...
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    Laurentide ice sheet (category Geology of Kansas)
    edges, where nunataks were common in hilly areas. It created much of the surface geology of southern Canada and the northern United States, leaving behind...
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    Kansas (/ˈkænzəs/ KAN-zəss) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma...
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    of western Kansas. Kansas Academy of Science, Transactions, 109 (1-2):27-35. Brownstein, Chase D. (February 2018). "The biogeography and ecology of the...
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    Kansas City, Missouri (KC or KCMO) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by population and area. Most of the city lies within Jackson County...
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  • portal Kansas portal Geology of Kansas History of the Midwestern United States Germans from Russia, Many of whom lived in Kansas Great Plains List of historical...
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    Humboldt Fault (category Geology of Kansas)
    Ridge from the Kansas Geological Survey (at the University of Kansas) site, oil geology page, accessed on December 16, 2006 KGS cite of Federal Emergency...
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  • Central Plains orogeny (category Geology of Kansas)
    from 1630 to 1800 million years ago, preserved in the subsurface of Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri, US. The event is closely related to the Yavapai orogeny...
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    Anadarko Basin (category Geology of Kansas)
    "Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Anadarko Basin Province of Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, and Colorado, 2010." U.S. Geological Survey....
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    December 1932]. "Bulletin 19: The Geology of Ness and Hodgeman Counties, Kansas". Bulletin of the University of Kansas—Lawrence. 33 (18): Stratigraphy:...
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    Kansas City (abbreviated as KCK) is the third-most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is an inner suburb...
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    Brenham (meteorite) (category Geology of Kansas)
    found near Haviland, a small town in Kiowa County, Kansas, United States. Pallasites are a type of stony–iron meteorite that when cut and polished show...
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    Ogallala Formation (category Geology of Kansas)
    High Plains Aquifer". Kansas Geological Survey, Public Information Circular (PIC) 18. "Geologic Unit: Ogallala". National Geologic Database. Geolex — Significant...
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  • Equus Beds Aquifer (category Neogene geology of Kansas)
    (1897). "The McPherson Equus Beds". Geological Survey of Kansas. Vol. 2. Retrieved 2023-04-07. ... a formation of considerable economic and scientific...
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    Engineering geology is the application of geology to engineering study for the purpose of assuring that the geological factors regarding the location,...
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    The Kansas Turnpike is a 236-mile (380 km) controlled-access toll road that lies entirely within the US state of Kansas. It runs in a general southwest–northeast...
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    Benjamin Franklin Mudge (category Kansas State University faculty)
    book on the geology of Kansas. He lectured extensively, and was department chair at the Kansas State Agricultural College (KSAC, now Kansas State University)...
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  • city limits, southwest of Topeka, Kansas, United States. The name is also used for the surrounding community. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names...
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    Nemaha Ridge (category Geology of Kansas)
    Rift. Geologic hydrogen Daniel F. Merriam (1963). The Geologic History of Kansas, Kansas Geological Survey, Bulletin 162. University of Kansas Publications...
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  • Rexroad Formation (category Neogene geology of Kansas)
    Formation is a geologic formation in Kansas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period. These fossils include two types of skunk (Spilogale...
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    Zealand Mushroom Rock State Park – State park in Kansas, United States Nodule (geology) – Small mass of a mineral with a contrasting composition to the...
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