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Trace Metals And Major Elements In Water-Soluble Rocks Of Northwest Arkansas, George H. Wagner, Kenneth F. Steele, Doy L. Zachry Jr. Oct 1975

Trace Metals And Major Elements In Water-Soluble Rocks Of Northwest Arkansas, George H. Wagner, Kenneth F. Steele, Doy L. Zachry Jr.

Technical Reports

Trace metals in limestone are potential water contaminants because they can enter the ground water when the limestone is dissolved by carbonic acid and other naturally occurring acids. Four local limestones, the St. Joe and Pitkin Formations (Mississippian) and the Brentwood and Kessler Members of the Bloyd Formation (Pennsylvanian) were sampled in a five county area in Northwest Arkansas. Atomic absorption analyses were made for Na, K, Mg, Ca, Zh, Cu, Ba, Fe, Co, Cr, Ni, Mn, Li and Sr on the acid soluble material of the samples. All the limestones are relatively pure CaCO3 with Pitkin the purest, 93.4%. …


Final Report: Buffalo National River Ecosystems, R. E. Babcock, H. C. Macdonald, D. G. Parker, Joe F. Nix, Kenneth F. Steele, Richard L. Meyer, R. W. Raible, D. A. Becker, R. V. Kilambi, E. H. Schmitz Mar 1975

Final Report: Buffalo National River Ecosystems, R. E. Babcock, H. C. Macdonald, D. G. Parker, Joe F. Nix, Kenneth F. Steele, Richard L. Meyer, R. W. Raible, D. A. Becker, R. V. Kilambi, E. H. Schmitz

Technical Reports

The objective of this study was to sample the Buffalo River on a seasonal basis for a year, in order to determine whether any potential water quality problems existed.


Calico Rock Sandstone Member Of The Everton Formation (Ordovician), Northern Arkansas, Raymond W. Suhm Jan 1975

Calico Rock Sandstone Member Of The Everton Formation (Ordovician), Northern Arkansas, Raymond W. Suhm

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Surface and subsurface stratigraphic studies in northeastern Arkansas show the Calico Rock Sandstone (Middle Ordovician) to be a lobate sand body up to 200 ft thick. The environment of deposition is considered from a study of grain characteristics, ripple marks, subjacent and superjacent units and unpublished isopachous maps. The data indicate the Calico Rock Sandstone formed in a transgressing Everton sea as a barrier island and near shore sand complex. The quartz sand was derived from a northern source and was distributed by southwestward flowing longshore currents.


Occurrence Of The Puma, Felis Concolor, From Svendsen Cave, Marion County, Arkansas, William L. Puckette Jan 1975

Occurrence Of The Puma, Felis Concolor, From Svendsen Cave, Marion County, Arkansas, William L. Puckette

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

A partial skeleton including fragmental skull and mandibles of the puma, Felis concolor, was recovered from Svendsen Cave, Marion County, Arkansas. The remains are thought to be of Late Pleistocene (Wisconsin) or Sub-recent age. Fossil records of the puma are rare and only one other Pleistocene or Sub-recent site in Arkansas, Conard Fissure, has yielded remains which could be assigned to this large felid.


Relationship Of Lead Mineralization And Bottom Sediment Composition Of Streams, Ponca-Boxley District, Arkansas, William S. Bowen, Kenneth F. Steele Jan 1975

Relationship Of Lead Mineralization And Bottom Sediment Composition Of Streams, Ponca-Boxley District, Arkansas, William S. Bowen, Kenneth F. Steele

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Samples from tributaries draining known mineralized areas contain considerably more lead than those from the main stream. The unique sediments (i.e. lead rich) from the tributaries are quickly diluted in the main stream to background levels. The lead content of the sediments from the tributaries apparently is controlled by the presence of lead-rich clasts. Sorption of lead by iron oxide coating grains is more significant in the main stream because the unique clasts are diluted. The mineralization also increases zinc and cadmium levels in the sediments. The concentration of calcium is controlled largely by the presence of limestone, whereas the …