Seismic activity maps show that most of those quakes are in Harper and Sumner counties in south-central Kansas. In these two counties, two magnitude 2.0 or larger earthquakes occurred between 1977 ...

photo by: Contributed The KGS and its research partners recently completed an airborne survey in northwestern Kansas to help get data from the High Plains aquifer. Updated at 9:23 a.m. Monday, Aug. 19 ...

KSNT News spoke with Tony Layzell, an assistant scientist with the Kansas Geological Survey (KGS), about the mystery boulders and rocks people might encounter that are scattered across the ...

To look for ‘critical minerals’ for renewable energy, Kansas Geological Survey takes a rock sample from thousands of feet underground KU Jul 20, 2024 - 10:00pm ...

Kansas Geological Survey is expanding library and laboratory space at the University of Kansas for research on rock cores. This image is of preserved core brought up from more than 3,660 feet ...

Kansas Geological Survey estimated reductions of 18% to 32% in pumping of underground water in the High Plains Aquifer in Kansas could extend life of the resource.

A crew from the Kansas Geological Survey will be in western Kansas to start measuring groundwater levels the first week of January 2025.

LAWRENCE — Crews are undertaking an annual effort to monitor changes in groundwater levels in western and central Kansas. The Kansas Geological Survey will measure nearly 570 wells beginning ...

The disposal of waste saltwater from hydraulic fracturing could be to blame for a sharp increase in earthquakes in south-central Kansas, according to a geophysicist with the Kansas Geological Survey.

At 87th and Blue Ridge Parkway, excavation exposed almost 1,000 feet of limestone and shale strata, described in Gentile’s “The Geology of Kansas City, Missouri,” an auto tour through the city.

TOPEKA — Expansion of the Kansas Geological Survey’s drill core library will support analysis of oil and gas reservoir properties, hydrogen and carbon storage and identification of critical ...