Kansas City Group

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Kansas City Group/Formation
Stratigraphic range: Pennsylvanian
Fusulinid limestone, Upper Pennsylvanian; Elk County KS.jpg
Fossils from the Iola Formation, Kansas City Group
Type Group/Formation
Unit of Missourian Stage
Sub-unitsKansas Classification: [1]
Bonner Springs Shale
Wyandotte Limestone
Lane Shale
Iola Limestone
Chanute Shale (sandy)
Drum Limestone (cherty)
Cherryvale Shale (cherty)
Dennis Limestone (cherty)
Galesburg Shale (sandy)
Swope Limestone
Ladore Shale
Hertha Limestone
Underlies Lansing Group
Overlies Pleasanton Group
Lithology
Primary Cherty limestone, shale, sandstone
Othercoal
Location
RegionMidcontinent Seaway
Country United States
Type section
Named for Kansas City, Missouri
Named byJ. A. Gallager [2]
Year defined1898

Kansas City is a Late Carboniferous geologic group and formation having various significant alternating beds of limestone and shale known for forming high bluffs in Missouri, Kansas, and neighboring states. This formation was named for the bluffs within Kansas City, Missouri. [3] Primary group outcrops are in northwest Missouri. This group has been a historic oil producing unit within the state of Kansas. [4]

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References

  1. Classification of Rocks in Kansas (Kansas Stratigraphic Chart), Kansas Geological Survey, 2018, retrieved 2023-11-22
  2. Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States: (including Alaska). United States Department of the Interior. 1938. p. 1070. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  3. "Geologic Unit: Kansas City". National Geologic Database. Geolex — Unit Summary. United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  4. D.L. Baars, W. Lynn Watney, Don W. Steeples, and Erling A. Brostuen (1993). "Petroleum: a primer for Kansas". Educational Series (7): 9. Retrieved 2023-10-24.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)