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M. A. ARTHUR, B. B. D M. D. , 1995, Core descriptions and preliminary geochemical data for the Amoco Production Company Rebecca K. Bounds41 Well, Greeley County, Kansas: USGS Open-file Report 95-209, 243 p. , EVETTS, M. , AND STEIN, J. , 1991, Regional paleotopographic trends and production, Muddy Sandstone (Lower Cretaceous), Central and Northern Rocky Mountains: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 75, p. 409-435. EICHER, D. , 1965, Foraminifera and biostratigraphy of the Graneros Shale: Journal of Paleontology, v.
FRS/1-FRS/26. KAUFFMAN, E. , SAGEMAN, B. , KIRKLAND, J. , ELDER, W. , HARRIES, P. , 1993, Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Cretaceous Western Interior Basin, North America in Caldwell, W. G. E. and Kauffman, E. , Evolution of the Western Interior Basin: Waterloo, Geological Association of Canada Special Paper 39, p. 397-434. 61. FREIUCHS, W. , Polutas, E. , AND EvErrs, M. , 1977, The genus Hastigerinoides LAFER1UERE, A. , AND HaTrng, D. , 1989, Use of rhythmic bedding patterns for locating structural features, Niobrara Formation, United States Western Inte- and its significance in the biostratigraphy of the Western Interior: Journal of Foraminiferal Research, v.
Kansasensis 4 preferred line of correlation; the dashed line is the alternative if cycles are at a 100 ka frequency. SEQUENCE BOUNDARY -o oo 700 ° FIG. Gamma-ray and resistivity logs of the Bounds well showing Laferriere and Hattin's (1989) depositional cycles in the Fort Hays Limestone Member of the Niobrara Formation. The sequence boundary is the unconformable contact between the Codell and Fort Hays. 75-600 ft) be- cause it is the most marine interval in the Bounds core. The initial sample spacing was 10 ft, but very closely spaced samples were collected across the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary.