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A new wall-size chart published by the Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS), a research unit of the University of Kentucky, shows how black shale formations in the Appalachian Basin of Eastern Kentucky are connected to similar shales in the Illinois Basin, which underlies parts of Western Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois.

New analysis from the Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS), a research center within the University of Kentucky, indicates the Hopkins map underestimates the maximum depth of fresh groundwater in most areas.

Kentucky is famous not only for having the world’s longest cave system (Mammoth Cave), but also for another geologic occurrence: sinkholes. Some sinkholes are dramatic, such as the one that occurred inside the Corvette Museum in 2014. They can cause property damage and pose a threat to human safety.

A new, three-year project funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will allow the Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) to create landslide susceptibility models and risk assessments for communities in the Big Sandy Area Development District of Eastern Kentucky.

Academic, industry and government researchers are encouraged to learn more about KGS' core collection at an open house Friday, Feb. 15.

The paper, which published this summer in Journal of Geophysical Research, was featured in Scientific American this week.

The $243,473 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences will allow KGS staff and student employees to organize and re-label thousands of core storage boxes, resulting in a collection that meets current archival standards.

Kentucky Geological Survey will welcome to the UK campus approximately 100 geoscientists, cartographers and GIS professionals to attend the Digital Mapping Techniques conference later this May.

Kentucky ranks fourth in the country in number of officially documented caves. Cave number 5,000 was discovered recently in Jackson County by Kentucky Speleological Survey member Bruce Isaacs.

Rick Honaker, Professor of Mining Engineering, was awarded $6 Million by the Department of Energy to move on to a second phase of research in an effort to recover rare earth elements from coal and coal byproducts.