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Wabaunsee County

Sec. 27, T. 11 S., R. 10 E
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Interstate 70 roadcut on intersection with Kansas Highway 99 on south side of Interstate 70
Measured By Barry Perlmutter, July 1970
Unit No. Description Thickness
  Permian System -- Council Grove Group  
  Beattie Limestone  
  Morrill Limestone Member  
5 Limestone, gray, massive, algal 2.2 ft.
4 Covered interval 3.1 ft.
  Florena Shale  
3 Shale, black, thin-bedded, with limestone lenses 3.2 ft.
2 Covered interval 5.0 ft.
1 Shale, black, thin-bedded, no megafossils 8.2 ft.
  Total thickness of section 21.7 ft.

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