| Abstract: | A geographic information system data base was developed for Greene County, Missouri, to provide data for use in the protection of water resources. The geographic information system data base contains the following map layers: geology, cave entrances and passages, county and quadrangle boundary, dye traces, faults, geographic names, hypsography, hydrography, lineaments, Ozark aquifer potentio- metric surface, public land survey system, sink- holes, soils, springs, and transportation. Several serious incidents of ground-water contamination have been reported in the karst terrane developed in soluble carbonate rocks in Greene County. Karst terranes are environmentally sensitive because any contaminant carried by surface runoff has the potential for rapid transport through solution enlarged fractures to the ground-water system. In the karst terrane in Greene County, about 2,500 sinkholes have been located; these sinkholes are potential access points for contamination to the ground-water system. Recent examples of ground-water contamination by sewage, fertilizers, and hydrocarbon chemicals have demonstrated the sensitivity of ground water in the Greene County karst terrane to degradation. The ground-water system is a major source of drinking water for Greene County. The population in Greene County, which includes Springfield, the third largest city in Missouri, is rapidly increasing and the protection of the water resources of Greene County is an increasing concern. |
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| ProdID: | 30325 |
| Citation Author: | Waite, L. A.; Thomson, K. C. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | vi, 31 p. :ill., maps (some col.) ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey ;
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| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 93-4154 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Development, description, and application of a geographic information system data base for water resources in karst terrane in Greene County, Missouri; 1993; WRI; 93-4154; Waite, L. A.; Thomson, K. C. |
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| Citation Year: | 1993 |
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| Text: | Development, description, and application of a geographic information system data base for water resources in karst terrane in Greene County, Missouri; 1993; WRI; 93-4154; Waite, L. A.; Thomson, K. C. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1993/4154/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1993/4154/report.pdf |
| URL (PLATE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1993/4154/plate-1.pdf |
| URL (PLATE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1993/4154/plate-2.pdf |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_47855.htm |
| Date Other: | Sun, 1 Oct 1995 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey ;
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