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Nitrates In Karst Systems: Comparing Impacted Systems To A Relatively Unimpacted System, Julie C. Angel, Eric Wade Peterson
Nitrates In Karst Systems: Comparing Impacted Systems To A Relatively Unimpacted System, Julie C. Angel, Eric Wade Peterson
Eric Wade Peterson
Karst aquifers are highly susceptible to contamination because of the connection with surface water. Nitrate contamination is common; with most karst aquifers exhibiting some degree of impact. This work assesses the potential impacts of anthropogenic activities on the Horn Hollow Valley (HHV) in Carter County Kentucky. HHV is a karst aquifer system that appears to be minimally impacted by nitrate and chloride contamination. Sampling of the HHV area was conducted from June 2005 to November 2006. Nitrate as nitrogen (NO3-N) concentrations were between 0.13 to 1.54 mg/L; chloride concentrations ranged from 1.43 to 66.3 mg/L. Impact from anthropogenic sources are …
Estimating The Timing Of Cave Level Development With Gis, Brianne Jacoby, Eric Peterson, Toby Dogwiler, John Kostelnicj
Estimating The Timing Of Cave Level Development With Gis, Brianne Jacoby, Eric Peterson, Toby Dogwiler, John Kostelnicj
Eric Wade Peterson
Identifying cave levels provides insight into cave development and climatic changes that have affected a karst system over time. Cosmogenic dating has been used to interpret levels in Mammoth Cave and the Cumberland Plateau. This absolute dating technique has proven successful in determining cave paleoclimates and regional geomorphic history, but is expensive. The study presented here is a preliminary method to cosmogenic dating that can outline a region’s speleogenesis using a Geographic Information System (GIS) and published denudation rates. The Carter Cave system in northeastern Kentucky is within the karst landscape found along the western edge of the Appalachians and …