KGS Bulletins


KGS Bulletins are open-access, peer-reviewed publications of the Kansas Geological Survey. Bulletins constitute extensive research works, historical documentation, reference works with a long shelf life, or bibliographies, with an emphasis on Kansas geology.



1940s

Bulletin 27
Ground-Water Resources of Kansas

Bulletin 28
Exploration for Oil and Gas in Western Kansas during 1939

Bulletin 29
Asphalt Rock in Eastern Kansas

Bulletin 30
Oil and Gas in Linn County, Kansas

Bulletin 31
Oil and Gas in Montgomery County, Kansas

Bulletin 32
Coal Resources of Kansas: Post-Cherokee Deposits

Bulletin 33
Subsurface Mississippian Rocks of Kansas/with Report on Fossils of Mississippian Age from Well Cores in Western Kansas

Bulletin 34
Geologic Studies in Southwestern Kansas

Bulletin 35
A Preliminary Report on the Water Supply of the Meade Artesian Basin, Meade County, Kansas

Bulletin 36
Exploration for Oil and Gas in Western Kansas during 1940

Bulletin 37
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Stanton County, Kansas

Bulletin 38
1941 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 39
The Geology of Riley and Geary Counties, Kansas

Bulletin 40
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Morton County, Kansas

Bulletin 41
1942 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 42
Exploration for Oil and Gas in Western Kansas during 1941

Bulletin 43
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Ford County, Kansas

Bulletin 44
Geophysical Investigations in the Tri-State Zinc and Lead Mining District

Bulletin 45
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Meade County, Kansas

Bulletin 46
Coal Resources of the Douglas County Group in East-Central Kansas

Bulletin 47
1943 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 48
Exploration for Oil and Gas in Western Kansas during 1942

Bulletin 49
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Hamilton and Kearny Counties, Kansas

Bulletin 50
Ground Water in the Oil-Field Areas of Ellis and Russell Counties, Kansas

Bulletin 51
The Stratigraphy and Structural Development of the Forest City Basin in Kansas

Bulletin 52
1944 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 53
McLouth Gas and Oil Field, Jefferson and Leavenworth Counties, Kansas

Bulletin 54
Exploration for Oil and Gas in Western Kansas during 1943

Bulletin 55
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Finney and Gray Counties, Kansas

Bulletin 56
Exploration for Oil and Gas in Western Kansas during 1944

Bulletin 57
Oil and Gas in Eastern Kansas

Bulletin 58
Stratigraphy of the Marmaton Group, Pennsylvanian, in Kansas

Bulletin 59
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Thomas County, Kansas

Bulletin 60
1945 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 61
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Grant, Haskell, and Stevens Counties, Kansas

Bulletin 62
Exploration for Oil and Gas in Western Kansas during 1945

Bulletin 63
Coal Resources of the Wabaunsee Group in Eastern Kansas

Bulletin 64
1946 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 65
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Kiowa County, Kansas

Bulletin 66
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Scott County, Kansas

Bulletin 67
Kansas Clay, Dakota Formation

Bulletin 68
Exploration for Oil and Gas in Western Kansas during 1946

Bulletin 69
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Seward County, Kansas

Bulletin 70
1947 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 71
Ground-Water Resources of the Kansas City, Kansas, Area

Bulletin 72
Upper Cambrian and Lower Ordovician Rocks in Kansas

Bulletin 73
Ground-Water Resources of Republic County and Northern Cloud County, Kansas

Bulletin 74
The Stratigraphy and Structural Development of the Salina Basin of Kansas

Bulletin 76
1948 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 77
Oil and Gas in Eastern Kansas, with Special Reference to Developments from 1944 to 1948

Bulletin 78
Oil and Gas Developments in Kansas during 1948

Bulletin 79
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of a Part of South-Central Kansas with Special Reference to the Wichita Municipal Water Supply

Bulletin 80
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Pawnee and Edwards Counties, Kansas

Bulletin 81
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Norton County and Northwestern Phillips County, Kansas

Bulletin 82
1949 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 83
Divisions of the Pennsylvanian System in Kansas

Bulletin 84
Ground-Water Conditions in the Smoky Hill Valley in Saline, Dickinson, and Geary Counties, Kansas 

1950s

Bulletin 85
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Rice County, Kansas

Bulletin 86
1950 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 87
Oil and Gas Developments in Kansas during 1949

Bulletin 88
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Barton and Stafford Counties, Kansas

Bulletin 89
The Kansas Rock Column

Bulletin 90
1951 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 91
The Manufacture of Lightweight Concrete Aggregate from Kansas Clays and Shales

Bulletin 92
Oil and Gas Developments in Kansas during 1950

Bulletin 93
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Lane County, Kansas

Bulletin 94
Ground-Water Resources of Pawnee Valley, Kansas

Bulletin 95
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Lincoln County, Kansas

Bulletin 96
1952 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 97
Oil and Gas Developments in Kansas during 1951

Bulletin 98
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of the North Fork Solomon River in Mitchell, Osborne, Smith, and Phillips Counties, Kansas

Bulletin 99
Pleistocene Geology of Kansas

Bulletin 100
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Cheyenne County, Kansas

Bulletin 101
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Jackson County, Kansas

Bulletin 102
1953 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 103
Oil and Gas Developments in Kansas during 1952

Bulletin 104
Oil and Gas in Eastern Kansas

Bulletin 105
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Sherman County, Kansas

Bulletin 106
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Marshall County, Kansas

Bulletin 107
Oil and Gas Developments in Kansas during 1953

Bulletin 108
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Wichita and Greeley Counties, Kansas

Bulletin 109
1954 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 110
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Graham County, Kansas

Bulletin 111
Petrography of Upper Permian Rocks in South-Central Kansas

Bulletin 112
Oil and Gas Developments in Kansas during 1954

Bulletin 113
Gypsum in Kansas

Bulletin 114
1955 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 115
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Jewell County, Kansas

Bulletin 116
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Sheridan County, Kansas

Bulletin 117
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Rawlins County, Kansas

Bulletin 118
Stratigraphy of the Ogallala Formation (Neogene) of Northern Kansas

Bulletin 119
1956 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 120
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Reno County, Kansas

Bulletin 121
Stratigraphy and Structural Development of the Salina Basin Area

Bulletin 122
Oil and Gas Developments in Kansas during 1955

Bulletin 123
Stratigraphy of Pre-Marmaton Desmoinesian (Cherokee) Rocks in Southeastern Kansas

Bulletin 124
Depositional Environment of the Wreford Megacyclothem (Lower Permian) of Kansas

Bulletin 125
Ground-Water Levels in Observation Wells in Kansas, 1956

Bulletin 126
Ground-Water Resources of the Ladder Creek Area in Kansas with a section on the Chemical Quality of Water

Bulletin 127
1957 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 128
Oil and Gas Developments in Kansas during 1956

Bulletin 129
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Logan County, Kansas

Bulletin 130
1958 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 131
Ground-Water Levels in Observation Wells in Kansas, 1957

Bulletin 132
Geology and Ground-Water Hydrology of the Ingalls Area, Kansas

Bulletin 133
Oil and Gas Developments in Kansas during 1957

Bulletin 134
1959 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 135
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Kansas River Valley Between Wamego and Topeka Vicinity

Bulletin 136
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Clay County, Kansas

Bulletin 137
Symposium on Geophysics in Kansas (25 papers by various authors)

Bulletin 138
Oil and Gas Developments in Kansas during 1958

Bulletin 139
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Cloud County, Kansas with a section on Ceramic Materials

Bulletin 140
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Mitchell County, Kansas

Bulletin 141
Ground-Water Levels in Observation Wells in Kansas, 1958

1960s

Bulletin 142
1960 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 143
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Harper County, Kansas

Bulletin 144
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Kingman County, Kansas

Bulletin 145
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Gove County, Kansas

Bulletin 146
Ground-Water Levels in Observation Wells in Kansas, 1959

Bulletin 147
Oil and Gas Developments in Kansas during 1959

Bulletin 148
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Douglas County, Kansas

Bulletin 149
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Southern Ellis County and Parts of Trego and Rush Counties, Kansas

Bulletin 150
Wells Drilled into Precambrian Rock in Kansas

Bulletin 151
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Sumner County, Kansas

Bulletin 152
1961 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 153
Ground-Water Levels in Observation Wells in Kansas, 1960

Bulletin 154
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Ottawa County, Kansas

Bulletin 155
Oil and Gas Developments in Kansas during 1960

Bulletin 156
Stratigraphy of the Carlile Shale (Upper Cretaceous) in Kansas

Bulletin 157
1962 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 158
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Cowley County, Kansas

Bulletin 159
Ground-Water Levels in Observation Wells in Kansas, 1961

Bulletin 160
Oil and Gas Developments in Kansas during 1961

Bulletin 161
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Wallace County, Kansas

Bulletin 162
The Geologic History of Kansas

Bulletin 163
Geology of Franklin County, Kansas

Bulletin 164
Paleoecology and Biostratigraphy of the Red Eagle Cyclothem (Lower Permian) in Kansas

Bulletin 165
1963 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 166
Oil and Gas Developments in Kansas during 1962

Bulletin 167
Ground-Water Levels in Observation Wells in Kansas, 1962

Bulletin 168
Geohydrology of Grant and Stanton Counties, Kansas

Bulletin 169: Symposium on Cyclic Sedimentation

Bulletin 170
1964 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 171
A Computer Method for Four-Variable Trend Analysis Illustrated by a Study of Oil-Gravity Variations in Southeastern Kansas

Bulletin 172
Oil and Gas Developments in Kansas during 1963

Bulletin 173
Ground-Water Levels in Observation Wells in Kansas, 1963

Bulletin 174
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Trego County, Kansas

Bulletin 175
1965 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 176
Geohydrology of Sedgwick County, Kansas

Bulletin 177
Ground-Water Levels in Observation Wells in Kansas, 1964

Bulletin 178
Stratigraphy of the Graneros Shale (Upper Cretaceous) in Central Kansas

Bulletin 179
Oil and Gas Developments in Kansas during 1964

Bulletin 180
1966 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 181
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Miami County, Kansas

Bulletin 182
Ground Water in Kansas — Bibliography and Index

Bulletin 183
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Neosho County, Kansas

Bulletin 184
Ground-Water Levels in Observation Wells in Kansas, 1965

Bulletin 185
Oil and Gas Developments in Kansas during 1965

Bulletin 186
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Brown County, Kansas

Bulletin 187
1967 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 188
Ground Water in the Republican River Area, Cloud, Jewell, and Republic Counties, Kansas

Bulletin 189
The Stratigraphic Succession in Kansas

Bulletin 190
Oil and Gas Developments in Kansas during 1966

Bulletin 191
1968 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 192
Conodonts and Stratigraphy of the Meramecian Stage (Upper Mississippian) in Kansas

Bulletin 193
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Linn County, Kansas

Bulletin 194
1969 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 195
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Allen County, Kansas

Bulletin 196
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Decatur County, Kansas

Bulletin 197
Depositional Facies of Toronto Limestone Member (Oread Limestone, Pennsylvanian), Subsurface Marker Unit in Kansas

Bulletin 198
Algal-Bank Complex in Wyandotte Limestone (Late Pennsylvanian) In Eastern Kansas

1970s

Bulletin 199
1970 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 200
The Kimberlites of Riley County, Kansas

Bulletin 201
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Ellsworth County, Central Kansas

Bulletin 202
1971 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 203
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Johnson County, Northeastern Kansas

Bulletin 204
1972 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 205
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Pratt County, South-Central Kansas

Bulletin 206
1973–74 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 207
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Rush County, Central Kansas

Bulletin 208
Using Soils of Kansas for Waste Disposal: A First Approximation for Solution to the Problems and a Guide to Further Interdisciplinary Efforts

Bulletin 209
Stratigraphy and Depositional Environment of Greenhorn Limestone (Upper Cretaceous) of Kansas

Bulletin 210
Stratigraphy and Depositional Framework of the Stanton Formation in Southeastern Kansas

Bulletin 211
1976 Reports of Studies

Bulletin 212
Criteria for Making and Interpreting a Soil Profile Description: A Compilation of the Official USDA Procedure and Nomenclature for Describing Soils

Bulletin 213
Bibliography and Index to Kansas Geology

Bulletin 214
Land Subsidence in Central Kansas Related to Salt Dissolution

Bulletin 215
Deposition of Evaporites and Red Beds of the Nippewalla Group, Permian, Western Kansas

Bulletin 216
Stratigraphy of the Lower Permian Wreford Megacyclothem in Southernmost Kansas and Northern Oklahoma

Bulletin 217
The Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology of Upper Paleozoic Shales of Kansas

Bulletin 218
Late Cenozoic Grasses and Other Angiosperms from Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado: Biostratigraphy and Relationships to Living Taxa

Bulletin 219
Paralic to Fluvial Record of an Early Cretaceous Marine Transgression—Longford Member, Kiowa Formation, North-Central Kansas

1980s

Bulletin 220
Cyclic Sedimentation of the Lansing-Kansas City Groups in Northwestern Kansas and Southwestern Nebraska; a Guide for Petroleum Exploration

Bulletin 221
Bibliography of Kansas Geology, 1823–1984

Bulletin 222
Karst-Derived Early Pennsylvanian Conglomerate in Ness County, Kansas: Subsurface Mississippian-Pennsylvanian Boundary Delineated in Well Core

Bulletin 223
Copper Sulfides in the Lower Permian Redbeds of South-Central Kansas

Bulletin 224
Petrographic Characteristics of Kansas Building Limestones

Bulletin 225
Stratigraphy and Depositional Environment of Smoky Hill Chalk Member, Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) of the Type Area, Western Kansas

Bulletin 226
Geophysics in Kansas

Bulletin 227
'To Bring Together, Correlate, and Preserve'—A History of the Kansas Geological Survey, 1864-1989

1990s

Bulletin 228
Gorham Oil Field, Russell County, Kansas

Bulletin 229
Hydrogeology and Geochemistry of Glacial Deposits in Northeastern Kansas

Bulletin 230
Revision of Stratigraphic Nomenclature in Kansas

Bulletin 231
Lexicon of Stratigraphic Nomenclature for Kansas (through 1995)

Bulletin 232
Biostratigraphy of Middle and Late Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian-Virgilian) Ammonoids

Bulletin 233
Sedimentary Modeling: Computer Simulations and Methods for Improved Parameter Definition

Bulletin 234
Bibliography of Kansas Geology, 1985–1989

Bulletin 235
Current Research on Kansas Geology, 1993

Bulletin 236
Holocene Landscape Evolution in the Pawnee River Valley, Southwestern Kansas

Bulletin 237
Geophysical Atlas of Selected Oil and Gas Fields in Kansas

Bulletin 238
Current Research in Kansas Geology, 1995

Bulletin 239
Perspectives on Sustainable Development of Water Resources in Kansas

Bulletin 240
Current Research in Earth Sciences, 1997

Bulletin 241
Current Research in Earth Sciences, 1998

Bulletin 242
Late Quaternary Paleoenvironments and Landscape Evolution on the Great Bend Sand Prairie

Bulletin 243
Current Research in Earth Sciences, 1999

2000s

Bulletin 244
Current Research in Earth Sciences, 2000

Bulletin 245
Ichnology of a Pennsylvanian Equatorial Tidal Flat—The Stull Shale Member at Waverly, Eastern Kansas

Bulletin 246
Revision of Stratigraphic Nomenclature and Classification of the Pleasanton, Kansas City, Lansing, and Lower Part of the Douglas Groups (Lower Upper Pennsylvanian, Missourian) in Kansas

Bulletin 247
Current Research in Earth Sciences, 2001

Bulletin 248
Current Research in Earth Sciences, 2002

Bulletin 250
Current Research in Earth Sciences, 2004

Bulletin 251
Current Research in Earth Sciences, 2005

Bulletin 252
Current Research in Earth Sciences, 2006

Bulletin 253
Current Research in Earth Sciences, 2007

Bulletin 254
Current Research in Earth Sciences, 2008

Bulletin 255
Stratigraphy and Conodont Biostratigraphy of the Upper Carboniferous and Lower Permian from the North American Midcontinent

Bulletin 256
Current Research in Earth Sciences 2009

2010s

Bulletin 257
The Permian System in Kansas

Bulletin 258
Current Research in Earth Sciences, 2010

Bulletin 259
Current Research in Earth Sciences, 2013

Bulletin 260
Water Resources of the Dakota Aquifer in Kansas

Bulletin 261
Current Research in Earth Sciences, 2015

Bulletin 262
Current Research in Earth Sciences, 2016

Bulletin 263
Current Research in Earth Sciences, 2017

Bulletin 264
Current Research in Earth Sciences, 2018

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