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Comparing Three Water Quality Sampling Techniques For Measuring Non-Point Source Pollution In Forest Streams, R. Scott Beasley
Comparing Three Water Quality Sampling Techniques For Measuring Non-Point Source Pollution In Forest Streams, R. Scott Beasley
Technical Reports
Coshocton wheel samplers, ISCO pumping samplers, and single stage samplers were compared on each of three small (5-6 ha), forested watersheds in the Ouachita Mountains of central Arkansas. The objective of the comparisons was to evaluate the performance of each sampling method in providing reliable samples for measuring concentrations of total suspended solids (TSS). H-flumes and water level recorders provided stream discharge data; a network of recording and non-recording raingages provided preciptation measurements. Rainfall and storm discharges during the study period were unusually low. No samples were collected by the single stage samplers. They appear unsuited for use on small …
Geology For The Layman, James O. Staggs
Geology For The Layman, James O. Staggs
Annual of the Arkansas Natural Resources Law Institute
The first thing that an individual must thoroughly understand, is that geology is not an exact science. This may be strange for a geologist to say, but it is very similar to the profession of law in that any set of data may be and is usually interpreted differently by individual lawyers. We geologist start with some known facts (sometime geological), make assumptions, and then intrepret into the unknown. It is this interpretation that separates a successful geologist from a geologist. A successful oil finding geologist is a geologist that has developed this interpretation of geological facts into an art. …