DEC 73 1897 
KANSAS UNIVERSITY QUARTERLY. 
Vom av, OCTOBER, 13941 No. 
The Permian and Upper Carboniferous of 
southern Kansas.! 
BY. CHARLES \S.. PROSSER. 
SYNOPSIS 
Introduction 
Greenwood and Butler Counties 
Section along the Missouri Pacific Railroad from Reece to the crest of the Flint 
Hills. 
Correlation and paleontology 
Section along the Whitewater and Walnut rivers from Towanda to Winfield 
Elk and Cowley Counties. 
Section from Grenola to Grand Summit 
Correlation and paleontology 
Cambridge section 
Section across the southern Flint Hills 
Section from Taussig to Hooser 
Dexter sections 
Winfield sections 
Arkansas City sections 
Section of the bluff east of Arkansas City 
Sections north and northwest of Arkansas City 
Conclusion 
Introduction. 
In the summer of 1896 the writer rapidly reviewed the fossilifer- 
Ous Permian and Upper Carboniferous formations of southern 
Kansas as exposed in parts of Greenwood, Butler, Elk, Cowley 
and Sumner counties. Although the time at the writer’s disposal 
did not permit a sufficiently thorough study of the region to deter- 
1 Published by permission of the director of the Univ. Geol. Survey of Kansas. 
(149) KAN. UNIV, QUAR., VOL, VI, NO, 4, OOT., 1897, SERIES A. 
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