County: Geary

Date: Jan-March-2007

Photographer: Robert S. Sawin/KGS

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Short description: Barneston (Fort Riley limestone) Limestone and Doyle (Holmesville shale and Towanda limestone) Shale exposed in road cuts on both sides of Trooper Drive, with top of Fort Riley limestone at 370 m (1214 ft); 4 m (13 ft) of Holmesville shale (hand leveled), base of Towanda limestone at 374 m (1227 ft); continuation of sequence that actually begins at GE-309; two digital photos: one from east side and one, a more general view, from west side; approximately 150 ft west of center of NW1/4, Sec. 24, T.11S., R5E., Geary Co., Kansas.

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