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Mammoth Onyx Cave - Relating To (Sc 3504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2020

Mammoth Onyx Cave - Relating To (Sc 3504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3504. Letter, 15 August 1922, of Charles A. Richardson, Assistant Geologist, Kentucky Geological Survey, to Dr. Harry B. Thomas, Horse Cave, Kentucky, regarding his recent study of the formations in Mammoth Onyx Cave, then owned by Thomas. He remarks on the “abundance of Mexican Onyx, or Onyx Marble” and the beauty of the stalactites and stalagmites. Includes a pamphlet by Leon Foster with his impressions of the cave, which was opened to the public in 1922.


Influence Of Spring Flow Reversals On Cave Dissolution In A Telogenetic Karst Aquifer, Mammoth Cave, Ky, Chelsey Kipper Oct 2019

Influence Of Spring Flow Reversals On Cave Dissolution In A Telogenetic Karst Aquifer, Mammoth Cave, Ky, Chelsey Kipper

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

An often overlooked connection between karst groundwater systems and surface water is spring flow reversal, the flow of river water into karst springs caused by changes in hydraulic gradient. Karst aquifers are subject to the intrusion of river water when the hydraulic head of a base level river is higher than the hydraulic head of a base level spring. When this occurs, the flow out of the spring reverses, allowing river water to enter base level conduits. River water thus becomes a source of recharge into karst basins, transporting both valuable nutrients and harmful contaminants into karst aquifers. The rapid …


Ua66/8/2 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Geography & Geology Centers & Institutes, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua66/8/2 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Geography & Geology Centers & Institutes, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about Centers and Institutes administered by the Geography & Geology Department. Including:

  • Center for Cave & Karst Studies
  • Center for Local Government Services
  • Hoffman Environmental Research Institute
  • Kentucky Climate Center
  • Resources Management Institute
  • Small Public Water System Technology Center


Ua66/8/1 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Geography & Geology Events, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua66/8/1 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Geography & Geology Events, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created for Geography & Geology department events.


Controls On Speleogenesis In The Upper-Mississippian Pennington Formation On The Western Cumberland Plateau Escarpment, Hali Steinmann Oct 2018

Controls On Speleogenesis In The Upper-Mississippian Pennington Formation On The Western Cumberland Plateau Escarpment, Hali Steinmann

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Much of the pioneering work on caves of the Cumberland Plateau (province spanning Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, and Georgia) has been stratigraphically located within the Mississippian Bangor and Monteagle Limestones, wherein some of the region’s largest and most spectacular caves occur. Of interest to the understanding of this karst landscape, but severely underrepresented in the literature thereof, are caves and karst features in a heterogeneous sequence of clastics and carbonates known collectively as the Pennington Formation (Upper Mississippian). This work consisted of a regional study of Pennington caves on the western Cumberland Plateau escarpment (Alabama and Tennessee), and a case study …


Unconfined Hypogene Evaporite Karst: West Texas And Southeastern New Mexico, Usa, Kevin W. Stafford, Jon T. Ehrhart, Adam F. Majzoub, Jessica M. Shields, Wesley A. Brown Jan 2018

Unconfined Hypogene Evaporite Karst: West Texas And Southeastern New Mexico, Usa, Kevin W. Stafford, Jon T. Ehrhart, Adam F. Majzoub, Jessica M. Shields, Wesley A. Brown

Faculty Publications

Diverse karst phenomena occur throughout the Gypsum Plain where the Castile Formation crops out over ~1800 km2 in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico. Hypergene karst is extensive and widespread, while traditional hypogene karst manifestations (both caves and intrastratal dissolution) occur in high frequency in the western outcrop region where surface denudation has been the greatest so as to induce surficial breaching. Unconfined hypogene karst occurrences have been recently identified, including two general variations: 1) artesian-like discharge features; and 2) venting structures. Artesian-like discharge features arise at surficially-breached hypogene caves and through high permeability regions on the margins of …


De Paepe, Duane - Collector (Mss 625), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2017

De Paepe, Duane - Collector (Mss 625), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 625. The Duane De Paepe Kentucky Cave Saltpetre History Research Collection, a collection of historical research, field notes, cave surveys, photographs, maps, reports, and scholarly writing on saltpetre mining in Kentucky, especially at Mammoth Cave. The collection was created under a research program sponsored by the Cave Research Foundation and the National Geographic Society in Kentucky, 1976-1980, and directed by De Paepe.


Faust, Burton Sherwood, 1898-1967 (Mss 620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2017

Faust, Burton Sherwood, 1898-1967 (Mss 620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 620. Correspondence, research notes, drafts, photographs, reference works and bibliographic material of Burton S. Faust relating to his studies of the chemical, historical and cultural aspects of saltpetre and of spelean saltpetre mining in the United States.


Epikarst Hydrogeochemical Changes In Telogenetic Karst Systems In South-Central Kentucky, Leah Jackson Jul 2017

Epikarst Hydrogeochemical Changes In Telogenetic Karst Systems In South-Central Kentucky, Leah Jackson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Telogenetic epikarst carbon sourcing and transport processes and the associated hydrogeochemical responses are often complex and dynamic. Among the processes involved in epikarst development is a highly variable storage and flow relationship that is often influenced by the type, rate, and amount of dissolution kinetics involved. Diffusion rates of CO2 in the epikarst zone may drive hydrogeochemical changes that influence carbonate dissolution processes and conduit formation. Most epikarst examinations of these defining factors ignore regional-scale investigations in favor of characterizing more localized processes. This study aims to address that discrepancy through a comparative analysis of two telogenetic epikarst systems under …


Ua668/4 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Geography & Geology Administration, Wku Archives Dec 2010

Ua668/4 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Geography & Geology Administration, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the administration of the Geography & Geology department.


Ua66/8/3 Geogram, Wku Geography & Geology Oct 2002

Ua66/8/3 Geogram, Wku Geography & Geology

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by and about the WKU Geography & Geology highlighting activities of faculty, students and alumni.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 35, Wku Student Affairs Feb 2001

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 35, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

  • Walsh, Erica. Chris Groves Recovering After Dramatic Cave Rescue – Sides Cave
  • Lynch, Caroline. Night-long Rescue Effort Has Happy Ending – Chris Groves
  • Youngman, Sam. Students Helping Bowling Green Economic Boom
  • Pre-Law Club Hosting Panel
  • New Support Group Forming – Eating Disorders
  • Hall, Rex. New Traffic Signal Delayed – University Boulevard
  • Ragan, Jason. Engineering Program A Step Closer
  • Student Government Association Will Benefit from Online Voting
  • Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon re: Virtual Voting
  • Kreitzer, Debbie. Opinion Page an Instrument of Gossip
  • Van der Meer, Wieb. …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 34, Wku Student Affairs Feb 2001

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 34, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

  • Karen, Mattias. Professor Trapped in Cave – Chris Groves
  • Walsh, Erica. Elections May Go Online – Student Government Association
  • Hoang, Mai Beauty King – Matt Curry, Mr. Hilltopper
  • Western Grad Places Eighth in Hearst – Matt Batcheldor
  • Forensics Team Wins Indiana Tournament
  • Moore, Brian. Race Lawsuit File Full of Discrepancies, Contradictions – Robert Dye
  • Football Players Deserve Rings
  • Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon re: Football Championship Rings
  • Conger, Aaron. Teachers Should Show Compassion
  • Chaney, David. Intro to Toilet Flushing – General Education
  • Moore, Conrad. Geography, Geology …


Ua66/8/3 Geogram, Wku Geography & Geology Oct 1998

Ua66/8/3 Geogram, Wku Geography & Geology

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by and about the WKU Geography & Geology highlighting activities of faculty, students and alumni.


Ua66/8/3 Geogram, Wku Geography & Geology Aug 1991

Ua66/8/3 Geogram, Wku Geography & Geology

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by and about the WKU Geography & Geology highlighting activities of faculty, students and alumni.


Ua66/8/3 Geogram, Wku Geography & Geology Sep 1988

Ua66/8/3 Geogram, Wku Geography & Geology

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by and about the WKU Geography & Geology highlighting activities of faculty, students and alumni.


The Use Of Down-Hole Video To Evaluate Parameters Affecting Removal Of Storm Water Runoff Into A Karst Aquifer In Bowling Green, Kentucky, Philip Reeder Aug 1988

The Use Of Down-Hole Video To Evaluate Parameters Affecting Removal Of Storm Water Runoff Into A Karst Aquifer In Bowling Green, Kentucky, Philip Reeder

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Due to recent land use changes, runoff has greatly increased In Bowling Green, necessitating the drilling of nearly 600 drainage wells to direct storm water into the Lost River Karst Aquifer. Research was conducted to (1) differentiate areas of the city as optimal for removal of storm water runoff, (2) correlate lithologic features between wells, and (3) determine optimal depths to which new drainage wells should be drilled. This was accomplished using maximum capacity tests, correlation of lithologic features between wells and comparing void density to depth below the land surface.

It was only possible to develop general trends in …


Ua66/8/2 Report, Wku Center For Cave & Karst Studies Jan 1988

Ua66/8/2 Report, Wku Center For Cave & Karst Studies

WKU Archives Records

Report regarding history and activities of the WKU Center for Cave & Karst Studies from 1976 to 1987.


Enteric Contamination Of An Urban Karstified Carbonate Aquifer: The Double Springs Drainage Basin, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Geary Schindel May 1984

Enteric Contamination Of An Urban Karstified Carbonate Aquifer: The Double Springs Drainage Basin, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Geary Schindel

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Biological and chemical analysis of water samples, collected from surface and subsurface streams was preformed to determine the quantity and biologic sources of enteric contamination in the Double Springs Groundwater Basin, an urban karstified carbonate aquifer under Bowling Green, Kentucky. Major flow paths, drainage basin boundaries and geologic/hydrologic relationships were identified for the basin. Analysis of biologic contaminates using fecal coliform /fecal streptococcus counts and ratios were conducted for baseflow and storm events and related to the Double Springs hydrographs. Analysis was also conducted to determine the source of sulfides responsible for the growth of sulfur fixing bacteria in the …


Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology Jan 1984

Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology

WKU Archives Records

Annual report of activities of the WKU department of Geography & Geology.


Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology Jan 1983

Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology

WKU Archives Records

Annual report of activities of the WKU department of Geography & Geology.


Nonpoint Agricultural Pollution In A Karst Aquifer: Lost River Groundwater Drainage Basin, Warren County, Kentucky, Nancy Tucker Jun 1982

Nonpoint Agricultural Pollution In A Karst Aquifer: Lost River Groundwater Drainage Basin, Warren County, Kentucky, Nancy Tucker

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Chemical analysis of samples collected from subsurface streams and wells were analyzed to identify nonpoint pollutants in karst aquifers resulting from agricultural land use. Major flow paths and travel times taken by nonpoint pollutants were identified. A land use limitation map showing areas where agricultural activities may results in nonpoint pollution of the karst aquifer was prepared. A groundwater susceptibility map was prepared to show areas of the karst aquifer most susceptible to groundwater contamination by nonpoint pollution resulting from agricultural land use.

Research findings revealed that pollutant concentrations may reach levels thousands of times greater during high discharge events …


Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology Jan 1982

Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology

WKU Archives Records

Annual report of activities of the WKU department of Geography & Geology.


Hydrology Of The Sinking Creek System, Logan And Simpson Counties, Kentucky, James C. Cubbage Dec 1981

Hydrology Of The Sinking Creek System, Logan And Simpson Counties, Kentucky, James C. Cubbage

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Southwest of Bowling Green, Kentucky, is the Western Pennyroyal, is a karstified area which has been neglected in the study of its ground water. About 100 square miles near Adairville were chosen for analysis to help rectify this lack of knowledge. The area is dominated by Sinking Creek, a surface-subsurface drainage system.

The main purpose of the study was to map the underground flow in the Sinking Creek area. The drainage system seemed to be typical for the Western Pennyroyal and exhibited many similarities to flow paths known in the Central Kentucky Karst.

The investigation proved to be of basic …


Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology Jan 1981

Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology

WKU Archives Records

Annual report of activities of the WKU department of Geography & Geology.


Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology Jan 1980

Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology

WKU Archives Records

Annual report of activities of the WKU department of Geography & Geology.


Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology Jan 1979

Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology

WKU Archives Records

Annual report of activities of the WKU department of Geography & Geology.


Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology Jan 1978

Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology

WKU Archives Records

No abstract provided.


Tragedy Of Sand Cave, Department Of Library Special Collections Jan 1925

Tragedy Of Sand Cave, Department Of Library Special Collections

Research Collections

No abstract provided.