82 Kansas Academy of Science. 



was at one time the territorial capital of what is now the state 

 of Kansas. They lie immediately above the Kanwaka shales. 



Tecumseh Shales.'' — The Tecumseh shales are so named 

 by Beede. They fill the interval between the Lecompton and 

 the Deer Creek limestones. 



Deer Creek Limestones.'" — Bennett named these lime- 

 stones from their location on Deer Creek, east of Topeka. 



Calhoun Shales.'" — This name was introduced by Beede, 

 and is applied to a shale above the Deer Creek and below the 

 Topeka limestones. 



Topeka Limestones.'' — The Topeka limestones are so called 

 by Bennett. They are a quadruple series, and have been ex- 

 tensively quarried for building purposes at Topeka, from which 

 place they derive their name. They lie immediately above the 

 Calhoun shales. 



Severy Shales." — The name Severy shales was applied by 

 Adams to the outcrop bounded by the Topeka limestone below 

 and the Howard limestone above. The town of Severy, from 

 which the name was taken, rests on these shales. The name 

 Osage City shales was given to this formation, but the name 

 Osage having been preoccupied, Severy will stand. 



Howard Limestone.'' — The name Howard limestone was 

 given by Adams. It lies just above the Severy shales and caps 

 an escarpment somewhat persistent from Valley Falls, in Jef- 

 ferson county, to the south side of the state. It lies a few feet 

 above the coal at Scranton, Carbondale, Osage City, and To- 

 peka. 



SCRANTON Shales. — This name was proposed by Bennett in 

 1907 to the shale-bed lying between the Howard and the Bur- 

 lingame limestones. Haworth, Hall and Adams called them 

 the Burlingame shales, but the same name also was given to 

 the Burlingame limestone at the same time, and therefore the 

 name Scranton is now applied to these shales. 



WABAUNSEE STAGE." 



The Wabaunsee stage is divided into eight subdivisions, 

 namely, Burlingame limestone, Olpe shales, Emporia lime- 



48. Beede, Dr. J. W., Trans. Kan. Acad, of Sci., vol. XV, p. 28, 1898. 



49. Bennett, Rev. John, Kan. Univ. Geol. Surv., vol. I, p. 117, Lawrence, 1896. 



50. Beede, Dr. J. W., Trans. Kan. Acad, of Sci., vol. XV, p. 29, Lawrence, 1896. 



51. Bennett, Rev. John, Kan. Univ. Geol. Surv., vol. I, p. 117, Lawrence, 1896. 



52. Adams, Dr. Geo. I., Kan. Univ. Geol. Surv., vol. Ill, p. 66, Lawrence, 1898. 



53. Adams, Dr. Geo. L, Kan. Univ. Geol. Surv., vol. Ill, p. 67, Lawrence, 1898. 



54. Prosser, Prof. C. S., Jour. Geol., vol. Ill, p. 688, Chicago, 1895. 



