For Sale : Kansas State geology publications

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Kansas Geological Survey : Bulletins (B)
* * * Please note : Some bulletins are available individually AND as part of a bound set. Individuals listed after sets in numerical order.
9x6" (10x7" #161-200, 11x8.5" after that). Illustrated. Titles written on some spines.
Some are printed on two qualities of paper that have darkened at two separate rates with age.
A few are also numbered in the Engineering Experiment Station Bulletin series (EEKS B #)

KS B 1 : 1913 : Special report on the well waters in Kansas.110p. 10.5x7.5" Great fold-outs incl. color map. (Paper is good, with bumped corners, but front cover is poor - detached and tattered around the edges). $12

KS B 50 : 1943 : Ground water in the oil-field areas of Ellis and Russell counties, KS. 104p. Photos. Map in pocket. (cover faintly soiled/sunned). $4

KS B 60 Part 2 : 1945 : Pennsylvanian rocks and fusulinids of East Utah and northwest Colorado correlated with Kansas section. 67p. (pages 17-84, 6 plates, 11 figures. $1

KS B 67 : 1947 : Kansas Clay, Dakota formation. 241p., photos, plates in pocket. (front cover soiled). $6

KS B 81 : 1949 : Geology and ground water resources of Norton county and NW Phillips county, Kansas. 144p. Plates in pocket. (corners lightly bumped) $12

KS B 82 Part 1 : Chemical and petrographic studies of the Fort Hays chalk in Kansas. 36p. (back cover rumpled, with library pocket) $2

KS B 82 Part 2 : Preliminary report on phosphate bearing shales in eastern Kansas. 10p. $1

KS B 86 Part 6 : 1950 : Subsurface reconnaissance of glacial deposits in northeastern Kansas. By John C. Frye and K. L. Walters. pages 141-158, 2 plates (1 in pocket), 1 table. $1

KS B 90 Part 6 : 1951 : Geologic structures in Kansas by John Mark Jewett. 65p., 2 figures, 1 table. $1

KS B 109 Part 5 : 1954 : Thickness maps as criteria of regional structural movement. By Wallace Lee. Pages 65-80, 10 figures. (bumped corner) $5

KS B 114 Part 1 : 1955 : Evaluation of acid etching of limestone. 48p. (spot on cover). $3

KS B 117 : 1956 : Geology and ground water resources of Rawlins county, Kansas. 100p. Plate in pocket. $6

KS B 119 Part 3 : 1956 : Chemical composition of eastern Kansas limestones. 22p. Plates in pocket. (bumped edges, library pocket). $1

KS B 119 Part 5 : Barber county earthquake of January 6, 1956. 10p. (bumped edges). $2

KS B 121 : 1956 : Stratigraphy and structural development of the Salina Basin area. 167p. fold-outs. Large separate packet of maps/plates included! (bumped corners, edge of plate packet rough - plates are good) $22

KS B 127 Part 3 : 1957 : Precambrian rocks of Kansas. By O. C. Farquhar. 73p., 9 plates (1 in pocket), 4 figures. (bumped edges) $5

KS B 133 : 1958 : Oil and gas developements in Kansas during 1957. By E. D. Goebel, P. L. Hilpman, A. L. Hornbaker, and D. L. Beene. 264p., 3 plates in pocket, 3 figures, 61 tables (1 in pocket). There are a total of 4 items in pocket. (spine ends chipped) $3

KS B 137 : 1959 : Symposium on geophysics in Kansas. 375p. 3 plates in pocket. This report contains 25 technical articles by different authors. Among much more, some of the topics covered are The Greenleaf anomaly; Aeromagnetic profiles; Radioactivity survey over Rose Dome in Woodson county; Case history of the Koelsch southeast pool; Pratt anticline; Engel pool, Lindsborg pool; Dunes pool; Windom Pool; Fall Creek pool; Law Southeast Pool, more. (Good. Spine taped, name written on spine, spine end chipped). $34

KS B 142 Part 2 : 1960 : Kansas building stone. By Hubert E. Risser. Pages 53-122, 13 plates, 3 figures, 4 tables. (spine ends chipped) $1

KS B 145 : 1960 : Geology and ground water resources of Gove county, Kansas. 126p. Plates in pocket. (bumped corners). $6

KS B 147 : 1960 : Oil and gas developments in Kansas during 1959. By E. D. Goebel, P. L. Filpman, D. L. Beene, and R. J. Noever. 254p. , 3 plates in pocket, 12 figures, 32 tables. (Generally VG, spine ends a bit rough, title written on spine) $16

KS B 148 : 1960 : Geology and ground water resources of Douglas county, Kansas. 200p. Plates in pocket. (noticeably bumped corner, spine ends rough). $11

KS B 150 : 1961 : Wells drilled into Precambrian rock in Kansas. 169p. (covering over upper spine end rough, scuff on front cover). $14

KS B 153 : 1961 : Ground water levels in observation wells in Kansas, 1960. 183p. (bumped corner, lower spine end rough). $4

KS B 159 : 1962 : Ground water levels in observation wells in Kansas, 1961. 166p. (bumped corners). $4

KS B 162 : 1963 : Geologic history of Kansas. By Daniel F. Merriam. 317p. , 29 plates, 147 figures, 7 tables. $7

KS B 165 Part 4 : 1963 : Kansas basement rocks committee report for 1962 and additional precambrian wells.10p. (cover has faint smudge). $1

KS B 170 Part 4 : 1964 : Activities of the KS basement rocks committee in 1963 and additional precambrian wells. 11p. (bumped corner). $1

KS B 174 : 1965 : Geology and ground water resources of Trego county, KS. 80p. Maps in pocket incl. large color geol. (upper spine end a bit rough). $6

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Kansas Geological Survey : Guidebooks. 11x8.5”

KS Guidebook 3 -- Upper Cretaceous Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of Western Kansas by D. E. Hattin , C. T. Siemers, 60 p., 1978, reprinted, with modifications, 1987. AAPG/SEPM Annual Meeting Oklahoma City, 1978. $7

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Kansas Geological Survey : Mineral Resources Circulars (MRC) Approx. 9x6"
* * A bound set of #1-13 is listed below the individual circulars.KS MRC 6 : 1937 : Mineral resources of Kansas counties. 110p. Illus. (spine label). $4

KS MRC 7 : 1937 : Geology of Rawlins and Decatur counties, with special reference to water resources. 25p. Illus. Fold-out maps. (filing marks). $6

KS MRC 8 : 1937 : Rock wool resources of Kansas. 28p. Illus. $3

KS MRC 9 : 1938 : Water supplies from wells available for irrigation in the uplands of Ford county, Kansas. 10p. (filing marks) $2

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Kansas Geological Survey : Oil and Gas Investigations (OGI)
10x8" (corners bumped on all) * * See also Misc. pubs for more oil and gas.
Some of these are a map or plate only, some have text. See sentence after title for description.

KS OGI 6 : 1948 : Subsurface geologic cross section from Baca county to Yuma county, Colorado. Large folded plate with multiple finely printed geologic cross sections. $9

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Kansas Geological Survey : Special Distribution Publications (SDP) 11x8.5"

KS SDP 27 : 1966 : Application of factor analysis to a Facies Study of the Leavenworth Limestone (Pennsylvanian-Virgilian) of Kansas and Environs. 28p. (corners bumped) $2

KS SDP 60 : 1972 : Supplemental areas for storage of radioactive wastes in Kansas. 20p. Multiple folded plates in pocket. (cover noticeably rubbed, corners bumped). $9

KS ERS 2 : 1973 : 1972 Oil and gas production in Kansas. Same as above, but series title now "Energy Resources Series." 149p. (cover soiled, lower spine end rough) $2

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University of Kansas : Engineering Bulletins (EB) 9x6" Illustrated. Titles written on some spines.

KS EB 20 : 1936 : Notes on the hydrology of Kansas. 149p., multiple fold-outs incl. maps. (upper spine end bumped, owner's name, cover faintly soiled) $12

University of Kansas : Paleontological Contributions (PC) illustrated

ARTICLES : 11x8.5"
KS PC Article 4: Thompson, M. L. 1948. Studies of American fusilinids, Protozoa 1, 184 p., 7 fig., 38 pl. . (spine covering rough, corners bumped, one sentence underlined). $25

KS PC Article 12: Fay, R. O. 1952. Catalogue of conodonts, Vertebrata 3, 206 p., 109 fig. This large publication brings together the current knowledge of conodont occurrences and species - a valuable resource for the researcher! (edge of page block faintly soiled, spine ends a bit rough) $18

KS PC Article 14: Thompson, M. L. 1954. American Wolfcampian fusulinids, Protozoa 5, 126 p., 52 pl., 14 fig. (lower spine end rough) $18

KS PC Article 51: Bukry, D. 1969. Upper Cretaceous coccoliths from Texas and Europe, Protista 2, 116 p., 40 pl., 1 fig. $10

KS PC Article 59: von Bitter, P. H. 1972. Environmental control of conodont distribution in the Shawnee Group (Upper Pennsylvanian) of eastern Kansas, 124 p., 16 pl., 18 fig. . (minor pencil marks) $18

KS PC Article 62, vol. 2 = Appendix: Stainforth, R. M., J. L. Lamb, Hanspeter Luterbacher, J. H. Beard, and R. M. Jeffords. 1975. Cenozoic Planktonic Foraminiferal Zonation and Characteristics of Index Forms - APPENDIX, Pages 163-425. Nicely illustrated. (staple mark upper blank corner of first two pages) $60

Contents of the Appendix to Article 62 = 62(vol.2):
Illustrated review of Paleocene to Middle Eocene index species.
Illustrated review of Late Eocene to Middle Miocene index species.
Illustrated review of Late Middle Miocene to Holocene index species.

PAPERS: 9x6"
KS PC Paper 3 : 1966 : Upper Devonian and Lower Mississippian conodont zones in Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota by Gilbert Klapper. 43p., 6 plates (minor pencil marks) $7

KS PC Paper 49 : 1970 : Permian and Triassic conodonts from a section at Suryul ravine, Vihi district, Kashmir by W.C. Sweet. 10p., 1 plate. $3

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Kansas State Geology : Misc. Publications ~9x6" unless otherwise noted, some are offprints.

1951 Field Conference, Lyon County, Kansas. 1951 Kansas Geological Society. 11x8.5", 23 pages, illus, road log from Madison, Kansas. An opportunity to study interesting lithologies and their stratigraphic relationships in the sediments of the Wabaunsee (Virgilian) and Council Grove (Wolfcampian) groups.

Choose your copy of 1951 Field Conference:
Very good, - $8,
Fair (lots of pencil notes, some soil) - $4

Bibliography and Index of Transactions : Kansas Academy of Science. Vol. 1-65 (1872-1962). by Walter H. Schoewe. Hardback, 9x6", 259p. (Some library stamps, library number on spine, lightly bumped corners.) $10

Chemical quality of irrigation waters in Hamilton, Kearny, Finney, and northern Gray counties. 1976. Chemical Quality Series 4, KGS. 11x8.5" 33p. Illus. $3

Compass : Journal of Earth Sciences, Sigma Gamma Epsilson. Vol. 72 #4, 1996. This is a special issue pertaining to the history of the University of Kansas - Alpha chapter (honorary society for earth science students) and well as history of the Department of Geology, the Kansas Geological Society, the Isotope geochemistry lab., and more. 9.5x7", 35p. Illus. (bumped edge) $4

Disposal of Petroleum wastes on oil-producing properties. AND Soils and water resources of Kansas oil areas. 1939. Reprint of US Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations # 3394. 9x6", 43p. Illus. (cover has scuff from label, and several stamps). $9

Eleventh (11th) Annual field Conference : Southeastern Kansas and Northeastern Oklahoma. 1937 Kansas Geological Society. 11x8.5", 108p., illus. Road logs and related papers. (Fair : Most of this guidebook is in very good condition, but the cover is poor (darkened, repaired, some water marking) and some of the pages and the folded section plate are water marked at the bottom - nothing stuck or rippled.) $12

Environmental interpretation of Conodont distribution in Upper Pennsylvanian (Missourian) megacyclothems in eastern Kansas by Philip Heckel and John Baesemann. 1975. Extracted from AAPG Bulletin Vol. 59(3). 9x6", 25p., illus. $3

Field Conference . . . 1959 Kansas Geological Society. by Raymond C. Moore and Daniel F. Merriam. 12x9", 52p., very nice illus, comb-bound. Road log Lawrence to Lindsborg, and related pieces. (Good : all is very good, except upper edge has been noticably bumped and faded where it stuck out above the typical 11x8.5" items) $14

Geologic History of the crystalline rocks of Kansas. 1918. AAPG. 15p. $2

Geology and Ground-water resources of Montgomery County, Southeastern Kansas. by Howard G. O'Connor. Ground Water Series #1. 1974. 11x8.5", 12p., Color geologic map in pocket. (Fair : Text a bit rumpled with moderate water marking along spine - nothing stuck. Map good, but mildly soiled and with minor pencil notes). $2

INQUA : Guidebook for Field conference D : Central Great Plains. 1965 International Association for Quaternary Research : 7th congress. 8x5.5", 125p., very nicely illustrated, multiple fold-outs. Covers parts of Nebraska, Kansas, and South Dakota. $12

Kansas Ground water : Basic data release # 1 : Hydrogeologic data from Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, and Thomas counties, Kansas. 1969. 11x8.5", spiral bound, 113p. plate in pocket. (cover faintly soiled, corners lightly bumped). $10

Mammals of the Rexroad formation from Fox Canyon, Kansas. 1950. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan. 9x6" Very nicely illustrated. 193p. Fold-out $23

Missouri river basin - conservation, control, and use of water resources including floodwaters. Hearings before the committee on irrigation and reclamation, House of Representatives, 78th congress, 2nd session, on H.R. 4795 - December 1, 1944. US government printing office. 43p. $4

Origin of phsphatic black shale facies in Pennsylvanian cyclothems of mid-continent North America by Philip Heckel. 1977. Extracted from AAPG bulletin vol. 61(7). 9x6", 24p., illus. (minor pencil marks) $3

Paleoecology of Nodulose zone at top of Haskell limestone (Upper Pennsylvanian) in Kansas by Halsey Miller and Ada Swineford. 1957. Extracted from AAPG Bulletin vol. 41(9). 9x6", 25p. $4

Research and activities of State Geological Survey of Kansas for Fiscal year ending July 1, 1958. 1959. Misc. Report. 9x6" 50p. Excellent vintage photos! (mark on spine from label) $4

River basin problems and proposed reservoir projects for a state plan of water resources development. 1944. Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, Dec. 1944. 9x6", 62p. Multiple fold-outs, plate in pocket. (covers lightly soiled). $11

Secondary recovery and Pressure Maintenance Operations in Kansas 1972. 1973 Kansas Geological Survey, Energy Resources Series 1. 14x8.5" 74p. (corner of cover and first page torn) $5

Type and figured specimens of Fossil Vertebrates in the Collection of the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History : Part I - Fossil Fishes. by H.-P. Schultze, J.D. Stewart, A.M. Neuner, and R.W. Coldiron. 1982. This is Miscellaneous Publication 73, University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 10x6.5", 53p. (owner's name and minimal soil on cover) $11

Type and figured specimens of Fossil Vertebrates in the Collection of the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History : Part IV - Fossil Mammals. by Gregg E. Ostrander, Assefa Mebrate, and Robert W. Wilson. 1986. This is Miscellaneous Publication 79, University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 10x6.5", 83p. (owner's name on cover) $19

Underground space : developing Kansas City's underground space (legal principles and problems, zoning and code changes, infrastructure planning, Seabrook tunnels, subway costs, and more). 1984. Vol. 8 #5-6.11x8.5", 100p., Illus. (bumped corners, rubbed cover). $5

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