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Robinett flags, Haworth and Kirk. (Kansas Univ. Quart., Vol. II, p. 

 108, 1894.) Not defined; but applied to certain sandstones, on the Neosho 

 river in Kansas, occurring- in the Marais des Cygnes (Pleasanton). 



Rossville shales and sandstone, Beede. (Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., Vol. 

 XV, p. 31, 1898.) Proposed for the upper partof the Atchison (Wabaunsee) 

 shales, as exposed in Shawnee county, Kansas. 



Severy shales, Adams. (Univ. Geol. Sur. Kansas, Vol. Ill, p. 66, 1898.) 

 Apparently applied to median part of Platte shales in southern Kansas. 



Sharpsburg sandstone, Hawn. (Missouri Geol. Sur., 1st and 2d Ann. 

 Repts., p. 127, 1855.) Name of a basal sandstone of the coal measures in 

 Monroe county. Mo. This author also correlated with it a sandstone 

 immediately underneath the Bethany in Calwell county. Mo. It belongs to 

 the Cherokee shale. 



Shawnee limestone, Haworth. (Univ. Geol. Sur. Kansas, Vol. Ill, p. 93, 

 1898.) Proposed to embrace the Platte shales, the Topeka (Forbes?) and 

 the lower part of the Atchison (Wabaunsee) shales. 



Shunganunga shale, Beede. (Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., Vol. XV, p. 29, 

 1898.) Lower part of the Atchison (Wabaunsee) shales in Shawnee county, 

 Kansas, is thus designated. 



Silver Lake shale, Beede. (Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., Vol. XV, p. 30, 

 1898.) A local name given in Shawnee county, Kansas, to a part of the 

 Atchison (Wabaunsee) shales. 



Soldier Creek shales, Beede. (Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., Vol. XV, p. 30, 

 1898.) Applied in Shawnee county Kansas, to a portion of the lower part of 

 the Atchison (Wabaunsee) shales. 



Spring rock, Swallow. (Kansas Geol. Sur., Prelim. Rept., p. 21, 1866.) 

 Name applied to a thin limestone layer which, in Miami county, Kansas, 

 belongs to what is now called the Thayer shales. 



Spring rock limestone. Swallow. (Geol. Sur. Kansas, Prelim. Rept., p. 

 21, 1868.) Name given to a local development in central Kansas, occupying 

 a position in the lower part of the Atchison (Wabaunsee) shales. 



Spring rock series. Swallow. (Kansas Geol. Sur,, Prelim. Rept., p. 21, 

 1866.) Name originally intended to cover all beds, except uppermost local 

 sandstone, now known as the Thayer shales. 



Stanton limestone, Swallow. (Kansas Geol. Sur., Prelim. Rept., p. 20, 

 1866.) In eastern Kansas applied to the main body of what was later known 

 as the lower limestone of the Garnett, or the Plattsburg of Missouri. 



Stanton limestone. Swallow. (Geol. Sur. Kansas, Prelim. Rept., p. 20, 

 1868.) In central Kansas, it refers to a local development in the lower 

 Atchison (Wabaunsee) shales. 



Stanton limestone series. Swallow. (Kansas Geol. Sur., Prelim. Rept., 

 p. 20, 1899.) Includes the lower Stanton (Plattsburg) limestone and the 

 Parkville shales. 



Strawn limestone, Haworth and Kirk. (Kansas Univ. Quart., Vol. II, 

 p. 110, 1894.) Not defined. Applied to a limestone exposed on the Neosho 

 river that lies in the Lawrence shales. 



Swallow limestone, Haworth and Kirk. (Kansas Univ. Quart., Vol. II, 

 p. 105, 1894.) Applied to a thin limestone in the Cherokee shales, in south- 

 eastern Kansas, but not defined. 



