Roadside Geology of Oklahoma
by Neil H. Suneson
Roadside Geology of Oklahoma
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Acknowledgments |
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Introduction |
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Oklahoma's Rocks and Minerals |
1
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Geologic Time, Stratigraphy, and Fossils |
14
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Structural Uplifts, Basins, and Shelf Areas |
22
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Geologic History of Oklahoma |
27
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PROTEROZOIC EON |
27
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The Western Granite-Rhyolite Province |
27
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PALEOZOIC ERA |
30
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Cambrian Rifting and Igneous Activity |
30
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Cambrian through Early Mississippian Sedimentation |
35
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Mountain Building and Basin Formation |
42
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Ouachita Mountains and Arkoma Basin |
44
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Arbuckle Mountains and Ardmore and Marietta Basins |
48
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Wichita Mountains and Anadarko and Hollis Basins |
50
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Permian Quiescence and Erosion |
52
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MESOZOIC ERA |
56
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Triassic and Jurassic Periods: The Missing Pieces |
56
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Cretaceous Seaway |
57
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CENOZOIC ERA |
60
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Rocky Mountain Uplift and the Ogallala Formation |
60
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The Great Rivers of Quaternary Time |
62
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Oklahoma's Natural Resources |
64
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Oil Brought Oklahoma to the Dance |
65
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Coal Mining, Labor Unions, and Reclamation |
71
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Water: Critical for Oklahoma's Future |
73
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The High Plains |
77
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OK 325 and US 412: Tri-State Monument - Guymon - Woodward |
80
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Keyes Helium Plant |
88
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Hugoton Gas Field |
90
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Optima Dam and Its Missing Reservoir |
92
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US 64: Guymon - Buffalo |
94
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Playa Lake Basins |
97
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Volcanic Ash North of Gate |
99
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The Redbed Plains and Sandstone Hills |
101
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Origin of the Red Color in Permian Rocks |
102
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Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area |
104
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Oklahoma City Oil Field |
106
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Tulsa Metropolitan Area |
112
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Interstate 35: Kansas Border - Edmond |
118
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Midco Fossil Beds |
122
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Central Oklahoma Aquifer |
123
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Interstate 35: Norman - Davis |
125
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Paoli Silver-Copper Deposit |
127
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Interstate 40 and Historic Route 66: Texas Border - Clinton - Oklahoma City |
128
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Red Rock Canyon Park |
134
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Interstate 40: Oklahoma City - Henryetta |
135
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Interstate 44: Fort Sill - Chickasha - Oklahoma City |
140
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Permian Vertebrate Fossils at Richards Spur Quarry |
142
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Interstate 44 (Turner Turnpike) and Historic Route 66: Oklahoma City - Tulsa |
145
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Interstate 44 (Will Rogers Turnpike): Tulsa - Missouri Border |
151
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Historic Route 66: Tulsa - Kansas Border |
151
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Claremore Radium Baths |
155
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Miami-Picher Lead-Zinc Mining District |
159
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Tripoli Mining near Peoria |
161
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US 64 and US 60: Buffalo - Alva - I-35 near Ponca City |
161
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Cargill Solar Salt Plant at Big Salt Plain |
163
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Alabaster Caverns State Park |
164
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Hourglass Selenite at Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge |
168
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US 60: I-35 near Ponca City - Bartlesville - Vinita |
170
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Ponca City and E. W. Marland |
172
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Prehistoric Chert Quarries in Kay County |
174
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Burbank Oil Field |
174
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Pawhuska and the Osage Reign of Terror |
178
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US 69: Big Cabin (Vinita) - Muskogee - McAlester |
182
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US 75: Kansas Border - Tulsa |
188
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Bartlesville and the Bartlesville-Dewey Oil Field |
191
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US 75: Tulsa - Henryetta |
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Glenn Pool Oil Field |
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US 81 (Chisholm Trail): Kansas Border - Enid - Duncan |
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US 270 and US 281 Spur: Woodward - I-40 west of El Reno |
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Roman Nose State Park |
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US 270: Shawnee - McAlester |
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Greater Seminole Oil Field |
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US 281 and US 183: Kansas Border - Seiling - Hobart |
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Stream Piracy and the Cimmaron and North Canadian Rivers |
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US 412: Woodward - Enid - Tulsa |
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Boiling Springs State Park |
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Ames Impact Structure and Oil Field |
232
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Redbed Copper Deposits |
236
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Cheshewalla (Gypsy) Sandstone |
239
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The Eastern Mountains and Hill Country |
241
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Interstate 40: Henryetta - Sallisaw - Arkansas Border |
245
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Indian Nation Turnpike: Henryetta - McAlester - Texas Border |
250
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US 59: West Siloam Springs - Poteau - Heavener |
256
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Spiro Mounds |
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Heavener Runestone Park |
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US 59 and US 259: Heavener - Idabel - Texas Border |
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Beavers Bend State Park |
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US 69: McAlester - Durant - Texas Border |
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US 270: McAlester - Heavener |
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US 412 and Cherokee Turnpike: Tulsa - West Siloam Springs at Arkansas Border |
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Karst Aquifer at Natural Falls State Park |
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OK 3: Atoka - Broken Bow |
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Dinosaur Fossils in the Antlers Sandstone |
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The Arbuckle and Wichita Mountains |
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Interstate 35: Davis - Ardmore - Texas Border |
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Southwest Davis Zinc Field |
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Turner Falls |
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Ardmore |
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Lake Murray State Park |
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Interstate 44: Texas Border - Lawton/Fort Sill |
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US 62: Texas Border - Altus - Lawton |
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Granite and Quartz Mountain Nature Park |
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US 81 (Chisholm Trail): Duncan - Texas Border |
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US 183: Hobart - Texas Border |
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Glen Mountains Layered Complex |
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Oklahoma-Texas-Red River Controversy |
328
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OK 7: Lawton - Sulphur - Atoka |
329
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Sho-Vel-Tum Oil Field |
332
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The Initial Point |
333
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Chickasaw National Recreation Area |
336
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Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer |
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Wichita Mountains and Slick Hills |
341
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OK 49: Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge |
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Mount Scott |
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Meers and Saddle Mountain on OK 115 |
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OK 58 (Slick Hills): Medicine Park - OK 19 |
351
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Glossary |
353
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References Cited and Supplemental Sources |
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Index |
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