Additional Resources
West, R.R., Miller K.B. and Watney, W.L., 2010, The Permian System in Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Bulletin 257. http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/Bulletins/257/
Zeller, D.E., editor, 1968, The Stratigraphic Succession in Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Bulletin 189. http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/Bulletins/189/ (May still be available in hardcover.)
Buchanan, Rex, 2010, Kansas Geology, 2nd edition. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence. 2010.
Jennings, James R. Guide to Pennsylvanian Fossil Plants of Illinois, Educational Series 13. Illinois State Geological Survey. Champaign.
Chesterman, Charles W. and Lowe, Kurt E. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals. Alfred A. Knopf Publisher. 1979.
Mottana, Annibale, Crespi, Rodolfo, and Liborio, Giuseppe. Simon and Schuster’s Guide to Rocks and Minerals. Simon and Schuster, Inc. New York 1978.
Pough, Frederick H. Peterson Field Guides Rocks and Minerals. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York. 1988.
Polk, Patti. Collecting Rocks, Gems and Minerals, 2nd edition. Krause Publications, Iola. 2012. (This has some lapidary information in it.)
Fieldmann, Rodney M. editor. Fossils of Ohio, Bulletin 70. Ohio Geological Survey, Columbus, 2005. (Interesting note you can collect from six different time periods in Ohio, Ordovician to Permian.)
Brosius, Liz . Windows to the Past--A Guidebook to Common Invertebrate Fossils of Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey, 2006, Educational Series 1.
Brosius, Liz., Invertebrate Fossils of Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey. http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/PIC/pic24.html
Evans, Catherine S. From Sea to Prairie. http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/primer/primer01.html
Everhart, Mike. Oceans of Kansas. http://www.oceansofkansas.com/
Kansas Geological Survey. GeoKansas-- the place to learn about Kansas Geology. Pictures of rocks, fossils, minerals, and lots more. www.kgs.ku.edu/Extension/home.html
Kentucky Geological Survey, 1997. Identifying Unknown Fossils (by their shape). http://www.uky.edu/KGS/fossils/fossilid.htm
Pabian, Roger K., 1970. Record in Rock: A Handbook of the Invertebrate Fossils of Nebraska. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=conservationsurvey
United States Geological Survey. America’s Volcanic Past, Kansas. http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicPast/Places/volcanic_past_kansas.html
University of Nebraska. Nebraska Invertebrate Fossils. http://snr.unl.edu/data/geologysoils/fossils/nebrinvert.asp Williams, Roger B. Ancient Life Found in Kansas Rocks--An Introduction to Common Kansas Fossils. http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/ancient/
Zeller, D.E., editor, 1968, The Stratigraphic Succession in Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Bulletin 189. http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/Bulletins/189/ (May still be available in hardcover.)
Buchanan, Rex, 2010, Kansas Geology, 2nd edition. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence. 2010.
Jennings, James R. Guide to Pennsylvanian Fossil Plants of Illinois, Educational Series 13. Illinois State Geological Survey. Champaign.
Chesterman, Charles W. and Lowe, Kurt E. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals. Alfred A. Knopf Publisher. 1979.
Mottana, Annibale, Crespi, Rodolfo, and Liborio, Giuseppe. Simon and Schuster’s Guide to Rocks and Minerals. Simon and Schuster, Inc. New York 1978.
Pough, Frederick H. Peterson Field Guides Rocks and Minerals. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York. 1988.
Polk, Patti. Collecting Rocks, Gems and Minerals, 2nd edition. Krause Publications, Iola. 2012. (This has some lapidary information in it.)
Fieldmann, Rodney M. editor. Fossils of Ohio, Bulletin 70. Ohio Geological Survey, Columbus, 2005. (Interesting note you can collect from six different time periods in Ohio, Ordovician to Permian.)
Brosius, Liz . Windows to the Past--A Guidebook to Common Invertebrate Fossils of Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey, 2006, Educational Series 1.
Brosius, Liz., Invertebrate Fossils of Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey. http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/PIC/pic24.html
Evans, Catherine S. From Sea to Prairie. http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/primer/primer01.html
Everhart, Mike. Oceans of Kansas. http://www.oceansofkansas.com/
Kansas Geological Survey. GeoKansas-- the place to learn about Kansas Geology. Pictures of rocks, fossils, minerals, and lots more. www.kgs.ku.edu/Extension/home.html
Kentucky Geological Survey, 1997. Identifying Unknown Fossils (by their shape). http://www.uky.edu/KGS/fossils/fossilid.htm
Pabian, Roger K., 1970. Record in Rock: A Handbook of the Invertebrate Fossils of Nebraska. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=conservationsurvey
United States Geological Survey. America’s Volcanic Past, Kansas. http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicPast/Places/volcanic_past_kansas.html
University of Nebraska. Nebraska Invertebrate Fossils. http://snr.unl.edu/data/geologysoils/fossils/nebrinvert.asp Williams, Roger B. Ancient Life Found in Kansas Rocks--An Introduction to Common Kansas Fossils. http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/ancient/