Technical Series

This series features timely technical publications on research in subsurface geology, groundwater studies, energy resources, geology, geophysics, petrophysics, chemical analysis, and spatial analysis. Electronic (pdf) copies are available for many of the publications on this list.

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Technical Series 25
2023 Status of the High Plains Aquifer in Kansas
Authors: Donald O. Whittemore, James J. Butler, Jr., B. Brownie Wilson
Publication date: 2023
Cost: $5

Technical Series 24
Midcontinent Carbonate Research Virtual Symposium Extended Abstracts
Editors: Diana Ortega-Ariza, Ibukun Bode-Omoleye, Franek J. Hasiuk, Sahar Mohammadi, Evan K. Franseen
Publication date: 2021
Cost: No charge/online only

Technical Series 23
Mineralogical and Chemical Evolution of Lamproites in Woodson and Wilson Counties, Southeastern Kansas
Authors: R. L. Cullers, P. Berendsen
Publication date: 2011
Cost: No charge

Technical Series 22
Status of the High Plains Aquifer in Kansas
Authors: D. O. Whittemore, J. J. Butler, Jr., B. B. Wilson
Publication date: 2018
Cost: $5

Technical Series 21
Guidebook of the 18th Biennial Meeting of the American Quaternary Association
Editor: Rolfe D. Mandel
Publication date: 2006
Cost: $30
Contains field guides to four field trips in the midcontinent and two associated papers.

Technical Series 20
Enhancement of the Bedrock-Surface-Elevation Map Beneath the Ogallala Portion of the High Plains Aquifer, Western Kansas
Authors: P. Allen Macfarlane, B. B. Wilson
Publication date: 2006
Cost: $15/not available online
Contains two over-size sheets: Plate 1A — Bedrock-Surface Elevations Beneath the Ogallala Portion of the High Plains Aquifer, Northwestern Kansas and Plate 1B — Bedrock-Surface Elevations Beneath the Ogallala Portion of the High Plains Aquifer, Southwestern Kansas.
Map info: 40 x 34

Technical Series 19
January 2002 Kansas Water Levels and Data Related to Water-Level Changes
Authors: J. J. Woods, M. A. Sophocleous
Publication date: 2004
Cost: No charge/online only

Technical Series 18
Kansas Energy Abstract 2003
Authors: Liz Brosius, Scott White
Publication date: 2003
Cost: $15/not available online

Technical Series 17
January 2001 Kansas Water Levels and Data Related to Water-Level Changes
Authors: J. J. Woods, M. Sophocleous
Publication date: 2002
Cost: No charge/online only

Technical Series 16
CORRELATOR Cross Section from Gove to Harper Counties, Kansas
Author: R. A. Olea
Publication date: 2002
Cost: Plate 1: Lithologic cross section — $10; Plate 2: Lithofacies cross section — $10
Not available online

Technical Series 15
January 2000 Kansas Water Levels and Data Related to Water-Level Changes
Authors: J. J. Woods, J. A. Schloss, P. A. Macfarlane
Publication date: 2000
Cost: $10

Technical Series 14
January 1999 Kansas Water Levels and Data Related to Water-Level Changes
Authors: J. J. Woods, J. A. Schloss, P. A. Macfarlane
Publication date: 1999
Cost: $10

Technical Series 13
Geochemistry of Oil and Hydrocarbon Source Rocks from the Forest City Basin, Northeastern Kansas, Northwestern Missouri, Southwestern Iowa, and Southeastern Nebraska
Authors: J. R. Hatch, K. D. Newell
Publication date: 1999
Cost: $10

Technical Series 12
January 1998 Kansas Water Levels and Data Related to Water-Level Changes
Authors: J. J. Woods, J. A. Schloss, P. A. Macfarlane
Publication date: 1998
Cost: $10

Technical Series 11
January 1997 Kansas Water Levels and Data Related to Water-Level Changes
Authors: J. J. Woods, J. A. Schloss, P. A. Macfarlane
Publication date: 1997
Cost: $10

Technical Series 10
Potential for Sodium and Salinity in the Soil-Survey Mapping Units of Kansas
Authors: P. E. Reed, C. J. Sorenson
Publication date: 1997
Cost: $10

Technical Series 9
January 1996 Kansas Water Levels and Data Related to Water-Level Changes
Authors: J. J. Woods, J. A. Schloss
Publication date: 1996
Cost: $10/not available online

Technical Series 8
January 1995 Kansas Water Levels and Data Related to Water-Level Changes
Authors: J. J. Woods, J. A. Schloss, R. W. Buddemeier
Publication date: 1995
Cost: $10/not available online

Technical Series 7
Surficial Geology and Stratigraphy of Russell County, Kansas
Authors: A. F. Arbogast, W. C. Johnson
Publication date: 1996
Cost: $10

Technical Series 6
Outcrop Stratigraphy and Depositional Facies of the Chase Group (Permian, Wolfcampian) in Kansas and Southeastern Nebraska
Authors: S. J. Mazzullo, C. S. Teal, C. A. Burtnett
Publication date: 1997
Cost: $30

Technical Series 5
January 1994 Kansas Water Levels and Data Related to Water-Level Changes
Authors: J. A. Woods, J. E. Mitchell, R. W. Buddemeier
Publication date: 1994
Cost: $10/not available online

Technical Series 4
January 1993 Kansas Water Levels and Data Related to Water-Level Changes
Authors: J. E. Mitchell, J. Woods, T. J. McClain, R. W. Buddemeier
Publication date: 1993
Cost: $10/not available online

Technical Series 2
A User's Guide to the Dakota Aquifer in Kansas
Authors: P. A. Macfarlane, J. H. Doveton, D. O. Whittemore
Publication date: 1998
Cost: $10

Technical Series 1
Surficial Geology and Stratigraphy of Phillips County, Kansas, with Emphasis on the Quaternary Period
Author: W. C. Johnson
Publication date: 1993
Cost: $10

Technical Series 0
Zenith Field — A Field Demonstration Project for Improved Efficiency for Oil and Gas Recovery in Kansas
Author: Kansas Geological Survey
Publication date: 1991
Cost: $26.80/not available online


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