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Chalk Badlands

County: Logan

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Short description: Chalk badlands in Logan County. The Cretaceous-age Niobrara Chalk in western Kansas was deposited in a massive inland sea that ran north to south across west-central North America about 80 million years ago.

Key Words

Badlands

Smoky Hill Trail

Canyon

Niobrara Chalk

Bluff

Butte

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