FFB 6 1894 



Kansas University Ouartbrly. 



Vol. II. JANUARY, 1894. No. 3. 



Report on Field Work in Geology for Season 

 of 1893, by the Department of Physical 

 Geology and Mineralogy, Uni- 

 versity of Kansas. 



CONTENTS. 



Prefatory Notes, Erasmus Hmcorth 99 



Rei-ative Valur op Limestone, Sandstone, and Shale for Strati- 

 graphic Work in Kansas. Erasmus Ha worth 102 



A Geologic Section Along the Neosho River from the JIississipian 

 Series in the Indian Territory to White CJity, Kansas, and 

 Along the Cottonwood River from Wyckoff to Peabody, Eras- 

 mus Haicorth and M. Z. Kirk 104 



A Geologic Section Along the Verdigris River from the State Line 



TO Madison, Erasmus Haicorth and W. H. H. Piatt 115 



A Geologic Section Along the A. T. & S. F. R. R. prom Cherryvale 



TO Lawrence, and FROii Ottawa to Holiday, Erasmus Haicorth 118 



Resume of the Stratigraphy of Eastern Kansas, Erasmus Haicorth . . . 126 



The Topography op Eastern Kansas, Erasmus HawortJi 129 



Surface Gravels in Eastern Kansas., Erasmus Haicorth 1P>6 



Prefatory Note. 



ERASMUS HAWORTH. 



By an act of the board of Regents of the University of Kansas, a 

 small appropriation was made to defray field expenses while prosecut- 

 ing geologic work. By a provision of the faculty, students of the 

 University and others who avail themselves of the privilege may- 

 receive credit for field work the same as for other work performed,, 

 provided it is considered sufficiently meritorious by the head of the 

 de])artment under which the work is done. In this way it was hoped 

 a much greater amount of valuable work could be accomplished than 

 would otherwise be possible, since advanced students in this and other 

 institutions, and teachers from different parts of the country who 



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