# Matfield Shale

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The **Matfield Shale** is a [geologic formation](/source/Formation_(geology)) in [Kansas](/source/Kansas) from the [Permian](/source/Permian) [period](/source/Period_(geology)).[1][2] The unit is recognizable in several road cuts in the [Flint Hills](/source/Flint_Hills), especially in the vicinity of the [Kansas River](/source/Kansas_River), by 4 or 5 beds of red/maroon shale.

## See also

- [List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Kansas](/source/List_of_fossiliferous_stratigraphic_units_in_Kansas)
- [Paleontology in Kansas](/source/Paleontology_in_Kansas)

## References

1. ["Geologic Unit: Matfield"](https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/UnitRefs/MatfieldRefs_8747.html). *National Geologic Database*. Geolex — Significant Publications. [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey). Retrieved 2024-05-25.

1. ["Lithology and Paleontology of the Stratigraphic Units Cropping Out at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Chase County, Kansas"](https://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/OFR/2008/OFR08_15/index.html). *KGS Open-file Report*. '***(2008-15). [Kansas Geological Survey](/source/Kansas_Geological_Survey). Retrieved 2024-05-25.***

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