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Geology and ground-water resources of the "Equus beds" area in south central Kansas Geology and ground-water resources of the "Equus beds" area in south central Kansas

This paper summarizes the results of a detailed investigation by the U. S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Kansas State Geological Survey, Kansas State Board of Health, and the City of Wichita. The geology of the area has been remapped, and several new formations have been established, including the Emma Creek formation of middle and upper Pliocene age, and a thick loess...
Authors
Stanley William Lohman, John Chapman Frye

Ground-water resources of Kansas Ground-water resources of Kansas

Introduction: Water is a necessity of life. Accordingly, every person is deeply interested in the subject of water supply. He knows that he must have water to drink. He depends indirectly on water for all his food and clothing. He may want water in which to wash. Civilized man has learned also that water serves admirably for a large and ever enlarging list of uses that depend on its easy
Authors
R.C. Moore, S. W. Lohman, J.C. Frye, H.A. Waite, Thad G. McLaughlin, Bruce Latta

Surface waters of Kansas, 1919-1924 Surface waters of Kansas, 1919-1924

The Kansas legislature in 1917 passed the Water Commission act, entitled, "An act relating to floods, drainage, water power, domestic water supply, navigation, irrigation, and providing for state control of all matters relating thereto, and providing for a Water Commission in the state of Kansas." Under this act the Water Commission was created and authorized to investigate the problems...
Authors
H. B. Kinnison

The composition of the river and lake waters of the United States The composition of the river and lake waters of the United States

In the summer of 1903 the late Richard B. Dole, chemist of the water-resources branch of the United States Geological Survey, began a systematic investigation of the composition of the river and lake waters of the United States. His plan, which developed gradually, was to have analyses made of the different waters in such a manner as to give the average composition of each one for an...
Authors
Frank Wigglesworth Clarke

Surface waters of Kansas, 1895-1919 Surface waters of Kansas, 1895-1919

Kansas is preeminently an agricultural state. According to the United States census of 1910, the area in farms was 43,384,799 acres, or 67,789 square miles, 83 per cent of the total area of the state —82,158 square miles. The products of these farms rank high in value among those of farms in other states, as shown by comparative statistics compiled by the United States Department of...
Authors
R.C. Rice
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