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Groundwater Quality In Kentucky: Arsenic, R. Stephen Fisher

Information Circular--KGS

Arsenic is a naturally occurring element found in low concentrations in rocks, soils, water, plants, and animals (Nriagu, 1994 a, b). In Kentucky, arsenic is commonly found in iron sulfide minerals associated with coal deposits and black shales. Arsenic is released when iron sulfides oxidize during weathering. Once released, it is readily sorbed onto iron oxides and iron oxyhydroxides, which limits arsenic concentrations in the near-surface environment.

Kentucky Is Karst Country! What You Should Know About Sinkholes And Springs, James C. Currens

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Kentucky is one of the most famous karst areas in the world. What is karst? It's a landscape with sinkholes, sinking streams, caves, and springs. Much of Kentucky's beautiful scenery, particularly in the Inner Bluegrass Region, is the result of the development of karst landscape. A large amount of Kentucky's prime farmland (including its famous horse farms) is underlain by karst, and springs and wells in karst areas supply water to thousands of homes. Many of Kentucky's major cities, including Frankfort, Louisville, Lexington, Lawrenceburg, Georgetown, Winchester, Paris, Versailles, Nicholasville, Fort Knox, Bowling Green, Elizabethtown, Munfordville, Russellville, Hopkinsville, …

Groundwater Quality In Kentucky: Ph, R. Stephen Fisher

Information Circular--KGS

The parameter pH (the negative base-10 logarithm of hydrogen ion activity, measured in moles per liter) indicates whether a substance will behave as an acid or base. It is one of the most important parameters that describe groundwater quality, because pH largely controls the amount and chemical form of many organic and inorganic solutes in groundwater.

Water Well And Spring Map Of The Evansville 30 X 60 Minute Quadrangle, Kentucky, Bart Davidson

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Water Well And Spring Map Of The Harrodsburg 30 X 60 Minute Quadrangle, Kentucky, Bart Davidson

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Water Well And Spring Map Of The Louisville 30 X 60 Minute Quadrangle, Kentucky, Bart Davidson

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Water Well And Spring Map Of The Falmouth, Cincinnati, And Madison 30 X 60 Minute Quadrangles, Kentucky, Bart Davidson

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Bronston And Burnside Members: Subdivision Of The St. Louis Limestone In South-Central Kentucky, Garland R. Dever Jr., Jack R. Moody

Report of Investigations--KGS

The St. Louis Limestone (Mississippian) of south-central Kentucky consists of two major lithologic units that herein are named, in ascending order, the Bronston Member and Burnside Member. Two other lithologic units occurring in the St. Louis Limestone and in correlative rocks of the Slade Formation (Mississippian), which extends from south-central into northeastern Kentucky, herein are named the Ringgold Bed and Big Sinking Bed.

The principal part of the St. Louis Member of the Slade Formation, which consists of Burnside lithologies, herein is renamed the Burnside Member of the Slade. This renaming addresses the problem associated with the previous use of …

Mapped Karst Groundwater Basins In The Lexington 30 X 60 Minute Quadrangle, James C. Currens, Randall L. Paylor, Joseph A. Ray

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This map shows karst groundwater basins in the Lexington quadrangle, determined primarily by groundwater tracer studies. It can be used to quickly identify the groundwater basins and springs to which a site may drain. Major springs and the relative size of their catchment areas can be evaluated for potential as water supplies. The map also serves as a geographic index to literature on karst groundwater in the area.

Water Well And Spring Map Of The Somerset 30 X 60 Minute Quadrangle, Kentucky, Bart Davidson

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Inventory Of Karst Springs Of Fayette County, Kentucky, James C. Currens, Qianhong Wu, Kenneth G. Pidgeon

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The purpose of this publication is to document karst springs in Fayette County and provide a resource to help the county's citizens avoid the geologic hazards associated with building near springs during future urban development. It may be used as an aid in locating potential groundwater discharge points in case of hazardous material spills, and to provide a foundation for future studies of the hydrogeology and karst geology of the Inner Bluegrass Region.

It is also a basic historical record of the springs of Fayette County. Although over 350 springs are reported here, this inventory is not exhaustive. At the …

Water Well And Spring Map Of The Beaver Dam 30 X 60 Minute Quadrangle, Kentucky, Bart Davidson

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Generalized Geologic Map For Land-Use Planning: Lexington And Fayette County, Kentucky, Daniel I. Carey, Martin C. Noger, Paul Howell

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This map is not intended to be used for selecting individual sites. Its purpose is to inform land-use planners, government officials, and the public in a general way about geologic bedrock conditions that affect the selection of sites for various purposes.

Water Well And Spring Map Of The Lexington 30 X 60 Minute Quadrangle, Kentucky, Bart Davidson

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Water Well And Spring Map Of The Bowling Green 30 X 60 Minute Quadrangle, Kentucky, Bart Davidson

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Water Well And Spring Map Of The Campbellsville 30 X 60 Minute Quadrangle, Kentucky, Bart Davidson

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