ROAD LOGS Leaders: Donald E. Hattin (Indiana University) and W. A. Cobban (United States Geological Survey) Assisted by Gary F. Stewart (State Geological Survey of Kansas) Road Log for November 7, 1965 Mileage 0.0 Flashing light on U.S. Highway 40 in center of Wilson, Kansas. Proceed south on county road. 0.7 Crossing intermediate-level (early Pleistocene) alluvial terrace. 1.4 Fence on right supported by posts quarried from Fencepost limestone bed which lies at top of Greenhorn Limestone. 1.6 Pit on right in intermediate-level terrace alluvium consisting of sand and gravel. 1.8 Pit on left in intermediate-level terrace alluvium. 1.9 Exposures of steeply cross-bedded Dakota sandstone in ditches on both sides of road. Dakota Formation well exposed ahead in bluff on south side of Smoky Hill River. 2.1 Dakota Formation exposed in ditch on right. EXPLANATION Map showing route of first day of trip. Geology modified from Geologic Map of Kansas, 1964. Scale of Miles 5 0 5 10 15 N K A N S A S 29