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Normal fault in the Fort Hays member of the Cretaceous Niobrara Formation, south of Stockton, Kansas. These chalk beds were originally deposited in the shallow Western Interior Seaway about 80 million years ago. The thick beds of the Fort Hays member are extensively bioturbated. Faulting is post-Cretaceous and pre-Q...
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Long roadcut west of Stockton, Kansas exposing the Fort Hays Limestone.
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Roadcut in Fort Hays Limestone on the west side of 24 Road between R and S in Rooks County, Kansas. This roadcut is directly opposite www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=2849 . A detail of this roadcut can be seen at www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=2826
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180+ degree panorama along 12 Road in southern Rooks County, Kansas. The distant cliff formed by the cutbank of a small stream exposes the rarely seen contact between the Fort Hays and Smoky Hill members of the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk. The Fort Hays member is characterized by thick bioturbated chalk beds wher...
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Normal fault in the Fort Hays member of the Cretaceous Niobrara Formation, south of Stockton, Kansas. These chalk beds were originally deposited in the shallow Western Interior Seaway about 80 million years ago. The thick beds of the Fort Hays member are extensively bioturbated. Faulting is post-Cretaceous and pre-Quat...
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The Niobrara Formation, Fort Hays Member here conformably overlies the Blue Hill Shale member of the Carlile Shale. The Codell Sandstone member of the Carlile Shale is not present here although the uppermost shaly layers of the Blue Hill are somewhat sandier than lower down. All units are Cretaceous in age and were d...
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A very curious roadcut. On the left side of the cut the Fort Hays Limestone depositionally overlies the Blue Hill Shale. On the west side of the cut Codell sandstone is exposed in the footwall of an eastward dipping fault. Slickensides on the fault surface suggest dip-slip offset. Thing is, where it does occur the ...
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Long roadcut throught the Fort Hays Limestone (chalk) on KS-183 just south of Stockton, Kansas. The city of Stockton can be seen in the distance on the right side of the image. A detail of this image is at www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=2859 . Another detail of the fault near the top of this section is at...
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- Roadcut Two Miles South of Codell, Kansas - Cretaceous Niobrara Formation, Fort Hays Member by Ron Schott
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Taken just after sunrise. The sun ducked behind a cloud for the right side of the panorama.
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Roadcut in Fort Hays Limestone on the east side of 24 Road between R and S in Rooks County, Kansas. This roadcut is directly opposite www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=2841
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